How T Closures Escalated Post-Protest Tensions
Management at the MBTA is facing intense criticism after shutting down core subway stations on recent evenings, leaving thousands of its riders stranded and trapped among the belligerent police forces they were protesting against.
June 4, 2020
Mental Health Break: Watch Some Buses Cruise Down Dedicated Bus Lanes
Take some deep breaths and watching some city buses leapfrog past single-occupant vehicles.
June 3, 2020
In Their Own Words: Black New Yorkers Talk About Their Fear in Public Space
“We don’t need you to take a knee with us,” City Council Member Donovan Richards of Queens said. “We need you to take your knee off our necks.”
June 3, 2020
Streets Need to Be Safe for Black Lives, Too
It's been one week since Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, choked George Floyd to death in a Minneapolis street, and three months since a retired Georgia cop and his son gunned down Ahmaud Arbery on a quiet street in Georgia.
June 1, 2020
Poor and Black ‘Invisible Cyclists’ Need to Be Part of Post-Pandemic Transport Planning Too
As states and workplaces prepare to open up after the lockdown, many people are looking for alternatives to public transit to get to work.
May 29, 2020
Cambridge (Finally) Announces Citywide Shared Streets Network to Facilitate Safe Physical Distancing
The conceptual network would extend "all the way from Fresh Pond and Danehy Park, through Harvard Square and down towards Kendall Square... with another piece running down from Central Square to the river along Magazine Street."
May 28, 2020
Mayor Walsh Announces Details of New ‘Healthy Streets’ Initiative
The initial plans include a network of new protected bike lanes across downtown Boston and around the Public Garden, expanded bus stop waiting areas, and processes to let restaurants expand their outdoor seating areas on sidewalks and on-street parking lanes.
May 28, 2020
Boston Cyclists Union to Offer Deeply Subsidized Bluebikes Passes
The Boston Cyclists Union, with financial support from Boston's Wagner Foundation, will offer limited-income applicants annual Bluebikes passes for just $5 – a 95 percent discount from the typical price of an annual pass.
May 28, 2020
New Poll Forecasts Fewer Trips, Large Mode Shifts on the Streets This Summer
A new poll from the MassINC Polling Group shows that many Massachusetts residents expect to make fewer trips once the state begins to reopen this summer, and when they do travel, they expect to ride transit much less often – and walk or drive more – than they did before the pandemic.
May 28, 2020
Cambridge Lags In Delivering Safer Streets for Physical Distancing
It's been over a month since the Cambridge City Council endorsed a policy order to restrict car traffic on Memorial Drive and other neighborhood streets in order to give residents more space to physically distance on city streets, and the city's administration has still not taken any action, even as peers in surrounding cities have successfully implemented their own programs.
May 27, 2020
