Saturday: Dedham to Hold Delayed Vote on Trail Referendum
Voters in Dedham will head to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to support the Dedham Heritage Rail Trail, a 2-mile connection between downtown Dedham, the town's schools and the Readville commuter rail station.
June 25, 2020
DCR Hosts Virtual Meeting to Discuss Arborway Safety Improvements
The state Department of Conservation (DCR) hosted a second public meeting Wednesday night for a project that's expected to create new, protected bike and pedestrian routes along the Arborway in Jamaica Plain.
June 24, 2020
The New Allston Turnpike Plan Looks A Lot Like the 1965 Allston Turnpike Plan
The latest proposal would rebuild much of the massive, eight-lane-wide viaduct that has loomed over putative parkland on Allston's riverfront since the mid-1960s.
June 23, 2020
TransitMatters Issues Detailed Game Plan for Regional Rail Upgrades
Advocates from TransitMatters have released a detailed, $2.6 billion strategy for upgrading key commuter rail lines to attain 15-minute, all-day service to Beverly, Providence, and along Boston's Fairmount Line.
June 22, 2020
MBTA Rolls Out Real-Time Crowding Data for Nine Bus Routes
Initially, the new data will be available on nine routes: the 1, 15, 16, 22, 23, 31, 32, 109, and 110.
June 19, 2020
Study: Self-Driving Cars Are Worse at Detecting Darker-Skinned Pedestrians
Autonomous vehicles might not solve the already disproportionate pedestrian death toll faced by black communities.
June 18, 2020
A Driver Has Injured Another Cyclist at Mass. Ave. and Appleton in Arlington
Barely a month after a driver killed one bicyclist and sent another to the hospital on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, another driver has injured a cyclist at the same intersection.
June 17, 2020
Lynn Will Get Subway Fares From Its Commuter Rail Station This Summer
Though it's just a 20-minute bike ride from the end of the Blue Line, catching an MBTA commuter train from downtown Lynn has traditionally cost nearly three times more than a subway ticket.
June 16, 2020
Broad Coalition Calls for Reduced Police Influence in MBTA Management
A large coalition of community groups, environmental organizations, and transit advocates are petitioning the MBTA to acknowledge the threats of police brutality and take steps to ensure that the region's transit system will not be used as a tool for law enforcement.
June 15, 2020
Study: Police Are Weak Deterrent to Texting While Driving
The threat of police enforcement isn’t deterring dangerous drivers from texting behind the wheel, a new study shows — the latest reminder that law enforcement is unreliable in making streets safer.
June 12, 2020
