Fare-Free Buses Gain Momentum on Beacon Hill
Two bills currently in the Massachusetts Senate would eliminate fare collection on some or all of the state's bus routes.
March 25, 2021
‘Do Not Track’ Report Offers Privacy Guidance for the T’s New Fare System
The MBTA’s new fare payment system will potentially collect a lot more personal data from riders and their cellphones, and a new report offers advice for how riders can protect their privacy.
March 24, 2021
New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Require Sidewalks, Bike Lanes In State Road Projects
The newly-adopted controlling criteria for bike, pedestrian, and transit facilities lay out minimum standards to help ensure that all roadway users are considered from the beginning of a project's design process.
March 22, 2021
Bike Light Legislation Renews Debate Over Policing’s Role In Traffic Safety
"There are concerns we have that this would be enforced through police interactions, and we know those to be inherently inequitable, and that they lead to more drastic incidents for people of color."
March 19, 2021
Town of Arlington Considers Quick-Build Improvements to Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection
After last summer's fatal crash, the town's Select Board convened a new design review committee “to study and make recommendations for both short term and long term improvements to the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Appleton Street.”
March 17, 2021
Boston Council Discusses Ideas to Improve Sidewalk Snow Clearance
Councilor Kenzie Bok, who represents Back Bay and Mission Hill, requested the hearing before the Council's Committee on City and Neighborhood Services after a large Nor'easter last December left some of her constituents housebound for days.
March 16, 2021
T Service Cuts Take Effect; Riders React to Crowded Trains, Missing Buses
“I’ve talked to my colleagues and they are furious about this,” said 8th district Congressman Stephen Lynch, who helped pass the American Rescue Plan relief bill in Washington just days before the service cuts took effect.
March 15, 2021
Councilor Campbell’s Mayoral Campaign Releases Transportation Platform
One of the more unique concepts in Councilor Campbell's platform is her endorsement of "15-minute neighborhoods," places where more jobs, services, and amenities are located within 15 minutes of everyone's home.
March 11, 2021
Plan for Franklin Park Would Ban Cars From Circuit Drive
"We want to elevate multimodal routes for bikes and pedestrians," said Lydia Gikas Cook, a landscape architect working on the plan, on Wednesday.
March 10, 2021
