Brookline Boards Endorse Car Lane Closures to Give Pedestrians More Space
The town will close on-street parking lanes on Brookline Avenue, Longwood Avenue, and Harvard Street, plus one motor vehicle travel lane on Beacon Street in the vicinity of Coolidge Corner.
April 8, 2020
Study: Highway Pollution Contributes to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
The study's results are especially concerning for many of communities of color in Massachusetts, where the legacies of racist planning policies expose Asian, Latinx and Black neighborhoods to higher levels of tailpipe pollution.
April 7, 2020
Cambridge Council Balks at Giving Residents Space to Physically Distance
The Cambridge City Council narrowly voted down a proposal to give its residents more space to safely physically distance themselves on city streets during their regular meeting Monday night.
April 6, 2020
Pandemic’s Silver Lining: Less Bloodshed on Commonwealth’s Roads
Here's a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic: with widespread "stay at home" orders in place, motor vehicle operators have fewer opportunities to maim and kill their victims on the Commonwealth's streets.
April 6, 2020
DCR Starts Shutting Cars Out of Park Roads to Reduce COVID-19 Risk
The Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced new limits on vehicular traffic on Chickatawbut Road in the Blue Hills Reservation and a portion of Fellsway West in Medford.
April 5, 2020
Washington Sends Over $1 Billion in Relief Funds to Bay State Transit Agencies
Massachusetts transit agencies will get just over $1 billion in emergency funding to help sustain service through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
April 2, 2020
Fuel Efficiency Rollbacks Will Put More Deadly Cars on the Streets
The Trump administration plans to scrap Obama-era legislation that required auto manufacturers to increase fuel efficiency by five percent every year until 2026.
April 2, 2020
Cambridge City Council Considers Opening Streets for Outdoor Exercise
On Monday evening, the Cambridge City Council (with most councilors calling in to participate by teleconference) discussed two policy orders that could give people walking and bicycling more space during the COVID-19 pandemic by closing city streets to car traffic.
March 31, 2020
Woman Drives SUV Into Family of 3 in Ipswich, Killing the Father
Police reported that the suspect in the vehicular assault, a 43-year-old Ipswich woman, remained on the scene and has so far been cooperating with the investigation.
March 28, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Great Bus Streets, Featuring Boston’s Lindiwe Rennert
This week's podcast features Lindiwe Rennert, a Boston transit planner, who chats about her work on the Warren Street corridor.
March 26, 2020
