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Lawmakers Say Infrastructure Needs More Funding, and Congestion Pricing Should Be On the Table
"We shouldn't be scared to have these conversations,” says Sen. Brendan Crighton, co-chair of the legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation.
December 9, 2025
Sunday Is the World Day of Remembrance
This weekend, communities all over Massachusetts are hosting events to honor this year's World Day of Remembrance for victims of traffic crashes.
November 15, 2025
For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal
With year-round organizing, Cambridge Bike Safety helps bike-friendly candidates win local elections and advance their agenda for safer streets.
October 23, 2025
Bike Bus + Pop Up Lane = A Better Way To Get Back To School (And Advocate)
Miami residents are getting an arithmetic lesson in the power of pop-up infrastructure to multiply support for active transportation — by focusing on kids who need a safe, active way to get to school.
August 25, 2025
Wu Won’t Fix Hyde Park Ave. Safety Hazards in Upcoming Paving Project
"It’s been proven that that area is deadly for pedestrians, and a mess for people in cars too, so let’s fix it up,” says City Councilor Ben Weber.
August 14, 2025
Malden Debates a New Greenway To Connect the Northern Strand Through Its Downtown
The City of Malden is making plans to connect the western part of the city that a river once flowed through to the Northern Strand Community Trail via a new shared-use path – but one city councilor is raising objections to a crucial path segment on Canal Street, where his family owns a function hall.
July 18, 2025
Black Transportation Justice: How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World
Part 3 in a three-part series.
June 26, 2025
Black Transportation Justice Boston Spotlight: Mattapan Food and Fitness
As part of reporter Meghan Volcy's three-part series on the intersection of Black history and transportation justice throughout United States history, she spoke to Shavel'le Olivier to learn more about her work with the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition and how transportation justice ties directly to health, housing, and community empowerment.
June 26, 2025
Black Transportation Justice: A Closer Look at Intersectional Labor Movements
Throughout the 20th century, Black civil rights leaders used transportation as a means to challenge white supremacy, aiding movements for organized labor and feminism along the way.
June 24, 2025
Black Transportation Justice Boston Spotlight: Public Transit Public Good
As part of Part II of the three-part series from reporter Meghan Volcy on the intersection of Black history and the pursuit of equity and justice in transportation throughout the United States’ history, she spoke to Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director of Community Labor United, to learn more about her work with Public Transit Public Good and how the legacy of Black labor organizing continues to shape Boston's present-day transit justice movement.
June 24, 2025
