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Boston Planners Begin Outreach for Mass. Ave. Upgrades In Dorchester
On Saturday, the City of Boston will host its second community walk and bike ride with city transportation planners to discuss safety upgrades to Massachusetts Avenue between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbia Road at Edward Everett Square, a corridor that was identified as a top short-term priority for better bike lanes and crosswalks in the GoBoston 2030 plan.
October 3, 2019
Somerville, MassDOT To Host Safety Hearing in Response to Fatal Hit-And-Run Crashes on Mystic Ave
After hit-and-run motorists killed two pedestrians in separate crashes in crosswalks near Assembly Square in Somerville, city and MassDOT officials are hosting a meeting this evening to announce short-term safety improvements to the state-controlled roadway.
October 1, 2019
Legacy of Racial Profiling By Police Holds Up Distracted Driving Law
The Massachusetts legislature is on the verge of passing a new law that would outlaw people from holding cellphones while driving motor vehicles, but the bill has stalled as lawmakers hammer out details of how to collect data on traffic stops related to the new law in order to prevent racial profiling by police.
September 26, 2019
Photos: It’s Park(ing) and Climate Strike Day
And we've got another new Orange Line train.
September 20, 2019
Memo For the #ClimateStrike: Cars and Trucks Generate Most of New England’s Pollution
To survive the climate emergency, Massachusetts needs to put an end to the failed, climate-baking highway engineering of the 20th century, and instead start building for a future with fewer cars.
September 19, 2019
TransitMatters Report Asks State to Cancel South Station Expansion
TransitMatters argues that South Station is big enough to accommodate a dramatic increase in commuter rail service – but only if the MBTA makes organizational changes to move trains more quickly in and out of the station.
September 12, 2019
Pioneer Valley Rail Advocates Celebrate New ‘Valley Flyer’ Service
Rail advocates in western Massachusetts are celebrating the inaugural run today of a new Amtrak service that will afford Pioneer Valley residents and visitors better daily connections to and from New York City.
August 30, 2019
The Transit Line That Got Away: Learning From the 28X
The MBTA's Route 28 bus ranks as the region's highest-ridership bus route with over 12,000 riders on a typical weekday. When it runs according to schedule, that bus takes about 30 minutes to traverse the 4.1 miles between Mattapan Square and Dudley Square – an average speed of about 8 miles per hour.
August 26, 2019
Addressing the Climate Emergency Could Deliver A Big Payday to Transit
At a public workshop in Chelsea Tuesday evening, Massachusetts officials said that they are committed to improving air quality and funding better transit options, particularly in low-income and racially diverse communities, while they design a new "cap and invest" program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks.
August 15, 2019
Somerville Placates Parkers, But Emphasizes that Powder House is Still A Work in Progress
In a more conciliatory public meeting Wednesday night, city officials raised the possibility of installing a one-way protected bike lane on Powder House Boulevard in 2020, and emphasized the expected safety benefits of traffic-calming measures that are being installed on the street this summer.
August 1, 2019
