Christian MilNeil
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House Bond Bill Includes E-Bike Rebates, Snubs Low-Income Fares
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State officials have been keen to pass a larger bond authorization this year to take advantage of higher federal spending that was authorized in Washington's 2021 infrastructure bill.
MassTrails Grant Program Announces Funding for 81 Trail Projects Across the Commonwealth
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Increased funding will help fill in dozens of missing links in the state's growing network of off-street multi-use paths and walking trails.
MBTA Closes Downtown Segments of Orange, Green Lines
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UPDATE: The MBTA announced on Sunday evening that the Haymarket subway tunnels have reopened and Orange and Green line service has resumed.
T Sidelines New Orange Line Trains As Service Cuts Take Effect
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Since the T's subway service cuts took effect on Monday, there have been zero new trains running on the Orange or Red Lines.
MBTA Announces Significant Subway Service Cuts to Address Safety Hazards
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The cuts are a response to a safety audit from the Federal Transit Administration, which raised alarms about safety hazards from staffing shortages at the subway system's Operations Control Center.
Federal Safety Inspectors to Require Better Track Maintenance, Stronger Oversight At the T
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One of the more striking findings from the FTA’s safety inspection was that nearly 10 percent of the system’s heavy rail subway system (the red, orange, and blue lines) are under speed restrictions because of the agency’s poor track maintenance.
See MassDOT’s Early Designs for a New Car-Free Bridge Over the Pike in Allston
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As part of MassDOT's Allston Multimodal Project, Allston's Franklin Street footbridge will be replaced with a new car-free overpass that meets ADA standards and offers a smoother connection into the surrounding neighborhoods.
Driver Strikes Disembarking Passenger at Hazardous Middle-of-the-Street Green Line Stop
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Around 7 pm Sunday evening, a driver who was allegedly attempting to pass a stopped Green Line train on South Huntington Avenue struck and injured a disembarking passenger.
Boston Plans Wider Sidewalks, Protected Bikeway for State Street Downtown
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During a virtual public hearing in the fall of 2020, city officials said that the project was expected to go under construction in 2021. The project now looks unlikely to get underway until 2023 at the earliest.
Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lanes Under Construction in Cambridge’s Inman Square
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The City of Cambridge's Inman Square project will eventually reconfigure the wide, x-shaped intersection into two smaller intersections with physically-protected bike lanes, shorter crosswalks, and a new plaza on the north side of the square.
Boston Begins Construction on ‘Mass. Ave. South’ Protected Bikeway in Dorchester
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The project will create a two-way bikeway on one side of the street, add median barriers to block unsafe motor vehicle turning movements at some intersections, rebuild accessible curb ramps at crosswalks, and build five new “floating” bus stops between the new bikeway and the motor vehicle lanes.
On Alewife Brook Parkway, Organizing (and Adjusting Traffic Signals) for a Slower, Safer Street
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The "walk and talk" event on Wednesday evening brought out dozens of neighborhood advocates, including Somerville city councilors, local transportation engineers from the public and private sectors, state Rep. Christine Barber, and state Sen. Patricia Jehlen.