City Hall, MBTA Extend Fare-Free 28 Pilot in Boston
The MBTA announced on Monday that a pilot program to suspend fare collections on the MBTA’s Route 28 bus route, which serves Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury and Mattapan, will be extended one more month to run through the end of the calendar year.
November 8, 2021
MassBike Hands Out Free Lights for the Long Nights
MassBike’s “lights brigade” program sends boxes of bike lights to teams of volunteers to help make bike riders more visible during the long winter nights
November 8, 2021
A Roundup of Holdups
Updates on bus lanes in Brookline, the Bruce Freeman bridge in Concord, Orange Line slow zones, and more.
November 5, 2021
Eyes On the Street: A Quick Ride on Boston’s New Transitway
Boston's new center-running bus lanes are open for business in Roxbury, and they're already delivering major benefits to pedestrian and transit riders along Columbus Avenue between Franklin Park and the Jackson Square Orange Line stop.
November 3, 2021
Transit Advocate Michelle Wu Will Be Boston’s Next Mayor
Wu will have direct control over how Boston's streets are designed and maintained when she takes control of the Boston Public Works and Boston Transportation Departments.
November 2, 2021
Election Day Roundup: Meet the Candidates, Make a Plan to Vote
Tomorrow is Election Day in Massachusetts, and although there are no statewide races at stake, numerous cities and towns across the Commonwealth will choose new mayors and city councilors.
November 1, 2021
US DOT Promises National Safe Systems Approach After Surge in Motorist Killings
The federal Department of Transportation is talking about radically changing federal roadway safety policy after new stats showed the largest six-month increase in roadway fatalities ever recorded by the agency.
November 1, 2021
Advocates Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. Bridge Before Year’s End
The coalition's proposed design, which could be implemented with paint and flexposts before the end of the year, would remove one motor vehicle lane to provide more space for the bridge's bike lanes.
October 28, 2021
In Chelsea, a Longtime Champion for Transit Equity Seeks a Seat on the City Council
"I think all politics are local. Chelsea is the community where I live, where I work, where I raise my kids. It’s the place where I can have the biggest impact."
October 28, 2021
Dorchester’s Mass. Ave. Bikeway Project Delayed ‘Til 2022
In an email to project stakeholders on Wednesday afternoon, the Boston Transportation Department announced that its contractor would not begin work on the project until 2022.
October 27, 2021