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Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops

By Kea Wilson | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments

Transit agencies need to do more to make sure their networks are comprehensively safe — and that may include reforming, defunding, or outright removing police from these critical public spaces, a new report argues.

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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.

Overview map of sidewalk and crosswalk improvements near the junction of Routes 28 and 38 in Somerville

Advocacy Works: MassDOT Re-Prioritizes Basic Safety Upgrades For Somerville

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 1, 2021 | No Comments

On Wednesday evening, a follow-up public hearing on MassDOT’s proposed I-93 viaduct rehabilitation project found a significantly warmer reception from neighbors and elected officials after the state agency promised to prioritize sidewalk and crosswalk upgrades this year, before a major highway viaduct rehabilitation project begins in earnest. As reported previously, state highway officials came under […]

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Stats Show Black and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths

By Kea Wilson | Jun 23, 2021 | No Comments

The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.

Does A Fare-Free 28 Also Need to Pay For A Free RIDE?

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 16, 2021 | No Comments

“Giving primarily white and wealthy transit riders a free trip, while forcing primarily Black and low income riders to jump through hoops to access similar fare-free service, is exactly what structural racism looks like," says Stacy Thompson, executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance.

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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