You Can Blame Fossil Fuels for Delaying Northampton’s Main Street Renovation
A long-awaited project to widen sidewalks, improve public spaces, and install protected bike lanes along Main Street in downtown Northampton will have to wait one more year because Eversource, the local methane gas utility company, did not accurately record the locations of its underground pipes.
April 28, 2026
Mayor Wu’s Latest Budget Plan Eliminates Funding for Over a Dozen Street Safety Projects: See the List
Mayor Wu's recently-published budget proposal appears to eliminate dozens of capital projects from the city's five-year capital plan, according to a comparison of this year's fiscal year 2027 proposal with the current fiscal year 2026 enacted budget.
April 22, 2026
A Small Central Mass. Town Is Tearing Up A Parking Lot to Make Its Downtown Greener and More Walkable
Athol is ripping up an 1960s-era strip mall parking lot to restore stream habitat, reduce flooding, improve pedestrian connections, and beautify its downtown.
April 21, 2026
New Bluebikes Contract Takes Effect, Focused on Expansion and E-Bikes
The greater Boston region has a new contract for the municipally-owned Bluebikes bikesharing system.
April 16, 2026
Councilors Durkan, Santana Propose Eliminating Off-Street Parking Mandates for Housing In Boston
The median rent for an apartment in Boston is now about $3,000 per month, but you can rent a parking space downtown for as little as $500 a month.
April 15, 2026
Drivers Killed Two Victims This Weekend, In Boston and Webster
The victim in the Webster crash has been identified as Marleigh Rose Guevara, a 10-year-old girl who loved dancing to Bad Bunny and roller skating with her sisters.
April 13, 2026
Eyes On the Street: Bikes, Pedestrians, and Buses Get More Space In Sullivan Square
MassDOT is wrapping up a multi-year bridge replacement project near Sullivan Square that has given transit riders, pedestrians, and bike commuters some significant improvements through the highway interchange that divides East Somerville from Sullivan Square.
April 13, 2026
Unpublicized City Hall Polling Reveals Broad Support for Bike Projects, Blue Hill Ave. Bus Rapid Transit
StreetsblogMASS has obtained internal City of Boston polling documents that show a strong majority of city residents support the proposed Blue Hill Avenue bus transitway project, and that a plurality of residents support bike lane projects, even when it comes at the expense of car lanes and on-street parking.
April 9, 2026
Another Federal Funding Fumble: Boston Loses $8.15 Million for Safety Project At Deadly Fenway Intersection
A city official acknowledges that the area is "a high threat" to pedestrian safety, but after 6 years of design work, the city still doesn't have a shovel-ready plan.
April 2, 2026
Fair Share Funds Will Keep ValleyBike Growing In Western Mass.
A new "Microtransit and Last Mile Transit Grant" program, funded with $10 million in Fair Share revenues from last year's supplemental state budget, will help cover operations costs and potential expansion of the ValleyBike regional bikesharing network in Hampshire and Hampden Counties.
March 31, 2026
