New Morrissey Boulevard Commission Will Come Up With Another Plan for Boston’s Wettest Highway
In March 2021, we reported that "a crowded field of local and state agencies will collaborate on yet another plan for redesigning Morrissey Boulevard, the crumbling and frequently flooded highway that divides Dorchester neighborhoods from the Boston Harbor waterfront."
November 30, 2023
Revised Arborway Bus Plan Would Make Room For Hundreds of New Transit-Oriented Homes
The MBTA has updated its plans for a replacement Arborway bus garage, a keystone project in the agency's long-term plans to expand and electrify its bus fleet, to make more room for transit-oriented development next to Forest Hills station.
November 21, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Back Bay’s New Bikeways
Over the past week, the City of Boston has been re-striping several newly-paved streets in the South End and Back Bay to implement new protected bike lanes on parts of Berkeley Street and Columbus Avenue (pictured above).
November 20, 2023
Worcester to Tame One of Its Most Dangerous Streets With Narrower Roadway, Protected Bike Lanes
The City of Worcester last week held a public hearing for a proposed reconstruction of Chandler Street, one of the city's most dangerous roadways, that would narrow the roadway to tame traffic and create space for physically-protected, sidewalk-level bike lanes.
November 20, 2023
Report: The T Needs $24.5 Billion to Attain ‘State of Good Repair’
A detailed accounting of how much it will cost to repair Boston's transit system has concluded that the T needs $24.5 billion to attain a "state of good repair."
November 16, 2023
‘Cameras Don’t Have Guns’ – Boston’s Black Community Weighs In On Camera-Based Traffic Enforcement
As Massachusetts lawmakers continue to debate a legal framework for camera-based traffic law enforcement, a former Boston transit planner has compiled some useful advice from neighborhood leaders in Boston's Black communities.
November 16, 2023
The Polls Are In: Hating Bike Lanes Is Not A Winning Electoral Strategy
Voters say "not in my city hall" to "not in my backyard" politicians.
November 13, 2023
MBTA Unveils Plan to Eliminate Slow Zones with More Subway Shutdowns
Over the next year, the T is planning 20 segmented, multi-day closures to address long-neglected repair needs.
November 9, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Safer Side Streets In Jamaica Plain
New speed humps, a 20 mph speed limit, and bike lanes – which make the driving lanes more narrow – seem to be having a significant effect in encouraging safer speeds.
November 7, 2023
Feds Announce $16.4 Billion for Northeast Corridor Passenger Rail Projects
On Monday morning, Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced that they would finance over two dozen infrastructure upgrades that will enable faster, more frequent, and more reliable service along the Northeast Corridor rail lines between Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.
November 6, 2023
