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An MBTA spider map with a new purple rapid transit line replacing the Fairmount commuter rail line. The purple line runs from South Station near the center of the map to the lower right, between the Red and Orange Lines.

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MBTA Plans Frequent-Running, Battery-Electric Trains on the Fairmount Line

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Environment

Massachusetts Drivers Burned More Gasoline in 2023, Undermining Governor Healey’s Climate Goals

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Report: Transportation is Still the Leading Source of U.S. Emissions — And Not Just From Tailpipes

A concept plan shows a grid of new streets – most of which are 4-5 lanes wide – overlaid on top of the vacant triangle of land between Cambridge Street and I-90 in Allston. Four new streets, labelled (from west to east) Seattle St. Connector, Stadium Way Connector, Cattle Drive Connector, and East Drive Connector – would run north-south from I-90 to Cambridge Street. Four other streets would run east-west, roughly parallel to I-90 and the Worcester Line train tracks: two streets are essentially frontage roads for I-90, the northerly (eastbound) which is labelled "Lincoln St. Connector". A block north is a street labelled "Cambridge St. South." And in the northeastern tip of the triangle, running only between Stadium Way Connector and Soldiers Field Road, is a street labelled "Hotel Way"

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Highways

Allston Project’s Next Challenge: Keeping the Turnpike’s Traffic Jams Out of A New ‘Transit-Oriented’ Neighborhood

Flooding on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester during a "king tide" event

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The Climate Emergency

New Morrissey Boulevard Commission Will Come Up With Another Plan for Boston’s Wettest Highway

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DOT’s New Emissions Rule is a Big Deal, Even if It Doesn’t Punish States for Polluting

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Highway Boondoggles 2023: This Year’s Poster Children for Bad Projects

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Climate Chief Wants MassDOT To Start Treating the Climate Emergency Like an Actual Emergency

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Bill McKibben Talks About Why the ‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Is Only the Beginning

A group of people in construction vests stands on asphalt next to a large, washed-out gully that has destroyed a roadway and undermined a railroad. To their right, steel rails and their wooden ties are suspended in midair above the washout.

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Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Spotlights Climate Issues In First Meeting As MassDOT Board Chair