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The T’s New Train Factory Has Gone Off the Rails
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On Thursday, Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and their administration's newly-assembled transportation cabinet rode a Red Line train, visited the T's Operations Control Center, and outlined their early plans to tackle the many challenges facing the MBTA. "Our message to all those who ride the T, the rails, the buses, around the state, […]
City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide
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"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."
In 2022, Boston Planners Once Again Approved More Parking Spaces Than Homes
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In spite of the city's pressing housing shortage and ambitious climate goals, which call for fewer cars on Boston's streets, the BPDA's project approvals for 2022 include more parking and less housing compared to 2021.
Suburbs Face Their First Deadline for New Transit-Oriented Zoning Law
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Where many suburbs currently only allow single-family homes with large lawns, the new rules will require new zoning districts "of reasonable size," and generally within a half-mile of transit stops, where builders would be allowed to construct at least 15 homes per acre.
In Chicopee, Drivers Have Killed 8 People Since September
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Even in the context of record-setting bloodshed on Massachusetts roadways last year, Chicopee has seen an unusually high rate of violence from drivers.
Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses
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One of the report’s key arguments – and the reason for its title – is that the region’s current bus fleet is actually smaller than it was in the early 1970s, even though the region has added 1.7 million new residents since then.
Gov. Healey’s Job #1 for the T: Better Union Contracts
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"The combination of overworked staff and aging assets has resulted in the organization being overwhelmed," wrote agents for the Federal Transit Administration in a scathing report this August.
The MBTA’s Bus Driver Shortage Is Getting Even Worse
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After a year of intensified recruiting efforts, nearly one in four bus operator positions at the MTBA remains unfilled, and the shortage appears to be getting worse.
City Declares Copley Open Street Pilot a ‘Success’ and Plans Permanent Improvements
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72 percent of survey respondents expressed a "very positive" opinion about making the car-free plaza permanent.
Washington Snubs MassDOT’s Proposed Cape Cod Highway Expansion
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In addition to building new, 6-lane bridges over the Cape Cod Canal, MassDOT is also proposing to add more lanes to connecting highways like Route 6 and Sandwich Road, build a new mile-long bypass road, widen intersections, and build new highway-style interchanges on both sides of the canal.
2022 Was Another Record-Breaking Year For Bloodshed on Massachusetts Roadways
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In addition to hundreds of crashes that ended peoples' lives, MassDOT's crash database also records 2,361 crashes that caused serious injuries, plus 16,307 crashes that caused less serious injuries to their victims, during 2022.
With Last-Minute Legislating, Roadway Safety Bill Finally Becomes Law
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“An Act to Reduce Traffic Fatalities” would establish a suite of new regulations intended to improve safety on Massachusetts roadways.