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Christian MilNeil

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

Vision Zero

City of Springfield Proposes Road Diet, Traffic Calming for Deadly Downtown Block

DCR Announces Scaled-Back Memorial Drive Road Diet for 2024

Transit

New State Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near T Stops

A makeshift memorial to Marshall Mac, a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who died after a hit-and-run driver struck him on McGrath Highway near Foss Park in Somerville.

Crashes

2021 Was A Record-Breaking Year For Deaths on Massachusetts Roadways

MBTA

Outgoing DA Rollins Launches Criminal Investigation Into MBTA Safety

Street Design

MassDOT Shares Early Concepts for Taming Wellington Circle

Environment

Rural Communities Are Struggling to Pay for Their Car-Dependent Infrastructure

Workers plug in a hybrid-electric truck at the Long Beach Port in California

Baker Admin. Moves to Adopt California’s Electric Truck Mandates

A photo of a pedestrian pushing a cart across the new crosswalk at the Walnut Ave. bus stop. The new bus platforms, in the middle of Columbus Avenue, essentially provide two safe refuges for people crossing the wide street.

Elections and Politics

The StreetsblogMASS 2021 Year In Review

StreetsblogMASS

Our 10 Most-Read Stories of 2021