MassTrails Grant Program Announces Funding for 81 Trail Projects Across the Commonwealth
Increased funding will help fill in dozens of missing links in the state's growing network of off-street multi-use paths and walking trails.
June 29, 2022
MBTA Closes Downtown Segments of Orange, Green Lines
UPDATE: The MBTA announced on Sunday evening that the Haymarket subway tunnels have reopened and Orange and Green line service has resumed.
June 23, 2022
T Sidelines New Orange Line Trains As Service Cuts Take Effect
Since the T's subway service cuts took effect on Monday, there have been zero new trains running on the Orange or Red Lines.
June 21, 2022
MBTA Announces Significant Subway Service Cuts to Address Safety Hazards
The cuts are a response to a safety audit from the Federal Transit Administration, which raised alarms about safety hazards from staffing shortages at the subway system's Operations Control Center.
June 17, 2022
Federal Safety Inspectors to Require Better Track Maintenance, Stronger Oversight At the T
One of the more striking findings from the FTA’s safety inspection was that nearly 10 percent of the system’s heavy rail subway system (the red, orange, and blue lines) are under speed restrictions because of the agency’s poor track maintenance.
June 16, 2022
See MassDOT’s Early Designs for a New Car-Free Bridge Over the Pike in Allston
As part of MassDOT's Allston Multimodal Project, Allston's Franklin Street footbridge will be replaced with a new car-free overpass that meets ADA standards and offers a smoother connection into the surrounding neighborhoods.
June 15, 2022
Driver Strikes Disembarking Passenger at Hazardous Middle-of-the-Street Green Line Stop
Around 7 pm Sunday evening, a driver who was allegedly attempting to pass a stopped Green Line train on South Huntington Avenue struck and injured a disembarking passenger.
June 13, 2022
Boston Plans Wider Sidewalks, Protected Bikeway for State Street Downtown
During a virtual public hearing in the fall of 2020, city officials said that the project was expected to go under construction in 2021. The project now looks unlikely to get underway until 2023 at the earliest.
June 13, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lanes Under Construction in Cambridge’s Inman Square
The City of Cambridge's Inman Square project will eventually reconfigure the wide, x-shaped intersection into two smaller intersections with physically-protected bike lanes, shorter crosswalks, and a new plaza on the north side of the square.
June 9, 2022
Boston Begins Construction on ‘Mass. Ave. South’ Protected Bikeway in Dorchester
The project will create a two-way bikeway on one side of the street, add median barriers to block unsafe motor vehicle turning movements at some intersections, rebuild accessible curb ramps at crosswalks, and build five new “floating” bus stops between the new bikeway and the motor vehicle lanes.
June 7, 2022
