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Environmental Justice Advocates Want More From Transportation and Climate Plan

By Ethan Goffman | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments

The latest version of a multistate plan to lower transportation emissions represents an improvement, but still doesn't go far enough on environmental-justice issues, some advocates say.

Mystic Ave. in Somerville at the intersection with Temple Street, with the Interstate 93 viaduct at left.

MassDOT Ghosts Somerville Critics At I-93 Virtual Public Meeting

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 10, 2021 | No Comments

"People started to realize they’re not hear to hear us," says Somerville resident Melissa McCue-McGrath. "They’re here to say they had a meeting, but they’re not going to do anything for the people who live here and are dying here... It wasn’t that they didn’t hear us; they were just choosing not to."

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Autonomous Taxis Could Speed Up Climate Change

By Kea Wilson | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments

Autonomous vehicles may make our skies dirtier, even if they’re shared and electric, a new study finds.

Batteries can't fix this: a midday traffic jam on I-93 in downtown Boston.

Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us

By Jarred Johnson | Apr 23, 2021 | No Comments

To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims to accomplish this not with improvements to transit and safer streets, but with widespread subsidies for new electric vehicles. Massachusetts is home to many of the world’s […]

A screenshot of the Boston Logan International Airport's Earth Day tweet, which was deleted on Monday afternoon after amassing hundreds of scornful replies.

Logan Airport Invites Travelers to Honor Earth Day By Incinerating Gasoline

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 19, 2021 | No Comments

The airport argues that driving to the airport and paying for their on-site parking is "good" for the environment because it's only half as bad as driving there twice for a pickup and drop-off.

The Green Line Extension under construction next to a Lowell Line commuter rail train, seen from the Cross Street overpass in East Somerville on Oct. 1, 2020.

What Could Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Accomplish in Massachusetts?

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

It’s only a first draft, and many details remain to be worked out through negotiations and debates in Congress, but here’s what the plan could buy for Massachusetts.

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