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Column: What Does the Freedom of Movement Really Mean? Reflections from the Youth Bike Summit
While dozens of young people, many of them young people of color, celebrated each others’ accomplishments at the Youth Bike Summit earlier this month, there was also a heaviness at the weekend’s event regarding the growing presence and threat of anti-immigrant policing in communities across the country.
June 13, 2025
TransitMatters Hires Transportation Policy Expert Caitlin Allen-Connelly as Its New Executive Director
Caitlin Allen-Connelly has been the TransitMatters board secretary and was also a Senior Advisor on Transportation at A Better City, a regional business organization.
May 29, 2025
Help Wanted: State Seeks Volunteers for Bike and Pedestrian Board
Editor's note: The following news brief is an edited version of a MassDOT press release.
May 19, 2025
City of Everett Seeks Volunteers For New Active Transportation Advisory Committee
The group, chartered by the Everett City Council, started meeting this winter, and they are seeking additional members.
April 14, 2025
Here Are the Street Projects In Boston’s Latest Capital Budget
A day after Mayor Wu suggested that her administration was interested in replacing paint and flexible-post bollards with more permanent infrastructure along the city's bikeways, her administration released their proposed capital budget for fiscal year 2026, which includes a detailed list of street construction projects that the city hopes to work on next year.
April 9, 2025
Statewide Poll Suggests Most Residents Are Open to Paying New Tolls, Taxes for Better Transportation
Transportation for Massachusetts is planning to bring their coalition together for a "Day of Action" at the Massachusetts State House on April 2.
March 26, 2025
Transit Riders Plan Grassroots Protest of Tonight’s Boylston Street Bus Lane Removal
Boston residents are planning to gather in Copley Square this evening to protest the city's planned removal of the Boylston Street bus lane, which improved bus speeds and reliability for the MBTA's Route 39 but also attracted the ire of the politically well-connected Back Bay Association.
March 18, 2025
BREAKING: U.S. DOT Orders Review of All Grants Related to Green Infrastructure, Bikes
Now U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is coming for our bike lanes!
March 12, 2025
Mayor Wu Begins ‘Review’ of Recent Street Safety Upgrades – Here’s How to Weigh In
At the end of the 30-day review of recent street improvements, the city plans to consider "alternative plans/proposals we could pivot to," according to an internal City Hall memo.
February 28, 2025
Be a Local: A Guide to Getting Involved
Local government and community organizing offer plenty of opportunities for ordinary people to make a big difference.
February 21, 2025
