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A diagram showing recommended installation heights and four varieties of signage from MassDOT's bike route signage design guide. Gray outlines of a person walking and a person riding a bike are shown for scale against a light grid of horizontal lines that indicate height in 1-foot increments. The four example signs all have 7 feet of clearance underneath them. The leftmost sample sign, which is indicated as 18 inches tall by 24 inches wide, shows icons of a bike rider and pedestrian in white on a blue background above the words "Linear Route Name." To the right, the next sample sign shows two signs mounted on a single pole: the top sign is a smaller 8-inch-tall blue-background "Linear Route Name" indicator sign; below it, a green sign split vertically into three sections has three white arrows pointing in various directions next to three copies of the word "Destination." To that sign's right, a third sample sign shows the same 18-inch-by-24-inch blue "Linear Route Name" sign over a smaller sign with a single, bold white arrow on a green background. The fourth and rightmost sign, specifed as 6 to 8 inches tall, says "Street Name" in white on a green background.

New Wayfinding Guide Aims to Help Riders Find Their Way Across the Commonwealth

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 1, 2022 | No Comments

If you've ever found yourself bewildered on Boylston Street, lost in Lowell, or stranded in Sandwich, the state has a new plan to help you get your bearings on your bike rides. The new Bike Wayfinding Design Guide from the state's inter-agency MassTrails team establishes a system of consistent, easy-to-read signage for bike routes and […]

An animated GIF showing Congress Street in Fort Point as it is today – a wide two-lane street with on-street parking on both sides – alongside a rendering of how the street will look after a reconstruction project is finished, with protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks.

Boston Planning New Bikeways, Widened Sidewalks for Fort Point

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

Several construction projects scheduled to begin construction in the coming year in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood will widen sidewalks and connect the neighborhood's emerging network of protected bike lanes.

A chain-link fence blocks the entrance to the JFK/UMass Red Line station.

Citing Structural Hazards, T Shuts Down Critical Access Point to JFK/UMass Station

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

A T spokesperson said that repairs will take “at least 4-5 weeks before the concourse can be re-opened."

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

RTAs Are Giving Their Riders A Holiday Bonus

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

All 15 of the commonwealth's Regional Transit Authorities (every non-MBTA bus route in the state, in other words) will suspend fare collection for the holiday season, from the day after Thanksgiving until New Year's Eve.

A Green Line train bearing the destination sign for "Union Square" arrives at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

MBTA Board Updates: Green Line to Medford Will Open Dec. 12

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

At today’s monthly MBTA board of directors meeting, T officials announced that the Medford branch of the new Green Line Extension project would finally open next month. “I am pleased to announce that the Green Line Extension Medford branch will open at the start of service on December 12. We are really pleased to be […]

A ValleyBike station on the UMass-Amherst campus. Courtesy of the University of Massachusetts.

Citing Worker Shortages, ValleyBike Will Shut Down for the Winter

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

ValleyBike's operator blames a shortage of workers for its decision to shut down for the winter season.

Editor’s Note: More Options to Follow Us on Social Media

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 15, 2022 | No Comments

Our state government already wastes millions of dollars trying to solve climate change by writing checks to rich people who buy Teslas – so why should any of us waste our valuable time on another half-baked hyperloop grift?

A bridge under construction. In the foreground are four piers, and behind them, large steel beams sit on top of another set of piers. The top of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge is visible in the background.

Could North Washington Bridge Delays Create Space for a Permanent Busway to Charlestown?

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

"We’ve been living with construction for years with only three lanes on a temporary bridge, so why add back another car lane when we have this opportunity?"

Two people ride bikes along new bike lanes, separated from the car lanes by rows of white flexible-post bollards, on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

Cambridge to Upgrade Hampshire Street Bike Lanes in 2023

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 10, 2022 | No Comments

During rush hours, people riding on bikes outnumber people riding in private cars on Hampshire Street, but currently, the vast majority of the street's public space is dedicated to motor vehicles.

Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston on Election Day, November 3, 2020.

Election Day: How to Vote, What We’re Watching

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 8, 2022 | No Comments

Today is Election Day in Massachusetts, when Massachusetts voters will pick a new Governor, their representatives in the State House (and in Washington), and four statewide referendums. While most of these races are not nail-biters, these elected officials will decide the fate of critical state and federal legislation for the next two years – including […]

A man in a blue ballcap and white collared shirt sits on a bench in front of an MBTA rapid transit map inside a subway station.

Riders Are Skeptical That This Election Will Make Much Difference at the T

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 7, 2022 | No Comments

Among the riders we met at downtown subway stations and bus stops on Monday afternoon, it was hard to find anyone for whom transit service would be a major issue at the polls.

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