Study: Finishing the Mass. Central Rail Trail Could Deliver Over $200 Million In Annual Benefits
Filling in the remaining gaps in the east-west Mass. Central Rail Trail, which is envisioned as a 104-mile path from Northampton to Boston, could generate over $200 million a year in increased economic activity from new trail-oriented tourism, according to a new analysis.
June 26, 2023
The Cops’ Directing-Traffic Racket Is Delaying Safety Projects
The MBTA has been waiting for 8 months for a police detail to show up to Washington Street in Oak Square so that its workers can finally paint some new crosswalks.
June 22, 2023
PHOTOS: Construction Progress On New Rail Trails In Sudbury and Waltham
A construction tour of the progress on new segments of the Bruce Freeman and Mass. Central Rail Trails in Sudbury, and, a few miles to the east, on the Waltham section of the Mass. Central Rail Trail.
June 16, 2023
Risk of Driver Inconvenience Throws MassDOT Into the Warm Embrace of Fare-Free Transit
It's amazing how quickly the Commonwealth can implement fare-free transit services, fix subway tracks, and roll out new transit routes when car owners are at risk of spending a few more minutes in traffic.
June 13, 2023
Andover Town Officials Ignored Residents’ Warnings About Site of Fatal Crash
In the past year, town residents have repeatedly asked Andover town officials to take responsibility for a pattern of close calls and near-misses at the downtown intersection where a truck driver killed a 5-year-old girl in a crosswalk last month, but the Town Manager and police department neglected to act on those warnings, according to town email records.
June 8, 2023
Mayor Wu Won’t Wait: City Will Implement Centre Street Safety Improvements This Fall
The City of Boston will reconfigure Centre Street in West Roxbury from a 4-lane configuration to a safer 3-lane cross section with protected bike lanes later this fall.
June 2, 2023
Wu Administration Revives Centre Street Safety Project For West Roxbury
The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) is reviving a pre-pandemic plan to reconfigure Centre Street in West Roxbury in an effort to curb dangerous driving along a busy neighborhood commercial corridor with high volumes of foot traffic.
May 26, 2023
Provincetown Plans to Carve Up Its Freeway For a New Car-Free Path
Provincetown, located on the tip of Cape Cod, is already a renowned vacation destination in part because of its tight-knit, walkable downtown, where cars must creep at a slow walking pace behind throngs of pedestrians every summer, and its network of paved paths in the nearby Cape Cod National Seashore.
May 25, 2023
Wu Admin Announces ‘Safety Surge’ of Traffic Calming for Neighborhood Streets
The city says it aims to install up to 500 new speed humps and redesign at least two dozen intersections every year.
May 22, 2023
PHOTOS: Boston’s 2023 Bike To Work Day
Between 7:30 and 8:45 a.m., convoys of riders coming in from Mattapan, Dorchester, Brookline, Cambridge, Malden, Chelsea, and other cities across the region arrived in City Hall Plaza in waves, while City of Boston Transportation Department staff welcomed them with cowbells and cheers.
May 19, 2023
