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Boston Starts Outreach For Hyde Park Ave. Bus and Bike Improvements
Planners from the City of Boston and the MBTA held their first open house on Tuesday evening in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood to solicit ideas for "complete streets" and transit-priority improvements to Hyde Park Avenue, a major transit corridor and one of the only north-south routes into the neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Readville.
February 17, 2020
Study: Apartments With Free Parking Reduce Transit Ridership
If your home comes with a free parking spot, you'll probably use it.
January 29, 2020
City Data Show Almost All Of Boston’s New Housing Is Being Built For Car Owners
In 2019, BPDA planners approved 59 new development projects that include the construction of 5,080 more parking spaces in the City of Boston.
January 29, 2020
MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages
Today's meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) advanced several initiatives to improve bus and commuter rail service, and also discussed Governor Baker's new budget proposal.
January 28, 2020
Fees On Uber and Lyft Accelerate Local Sustainable Transport Projects
Fees on Silicon Valley's double-parking, bike lane-blocking drivers are already funding important "complete streets" projects throughout the Boston region.
January 27, 2020
Environmental and Labor Organizations Call For Corporate Taxes To Fund Transportation
Amid ongoing rumors of a state transportation funding bill being drafted in the Massachusetts State House, two broad coalitions of environmental justice and labor advocates have issued a detailed proposal to raise new revenues by closing corporate tax loopholes and getting a "fair share" from the large, profitable corporations that benefit most from an efficient transportation system.
January 15, 2020
More Transit-Oriented Parking Is Coming To South Station
Is a parking garage an "amenity" if its users have to stuff their motor vehicles into the gridlocked heart of one of Boston's worst traffic bottlenecks?
January 15, 2020
Crowded, Obsolete Garages Hamstring T’s ‘Better Bus’ Ambitions
The T says that its bus garages are insufficient both for current and potential future needs," but new facilities won't be ready until at least 2024.
January 7, 2020
New Report Flags Structural Racism In Transportation Planning
Smart Growth America lays out a strategy for healthier, more equitable communities.
December 20, 2019
Cap-And-Trade Program For Transportation Seeks States’ Support
Under a "memorandum of understanding" released Tuesday, the Transportation and Climate Initiative would cap transportation emissions in 12 states and generate new revenues for transit improvements.
December 17, 2019
