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Christian MilNeil

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Reversing Course Again, Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Says Allston Project Will Include Multi-Acre Train Yard After All

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MBTA, Amtrak Warn That MassDOT’s Allston Highway Megaproject Could Inflict ‘Significant’ Impacts On Regional Rail

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Our Overbuilt Road Network Costs Americans Trillions in Lost Housing Opportunities

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MassDOT Approves New Route 9 Highway Interchange In Natick, at a Price That’s 40 Percent Over Budget

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With Another $1 Billion Pledge From Washington, MassDOT Can Almost Afford Sagamore Bridge Replacement

Aaron Lu

A freshly-paved two-lane road is lined with orange construction barrels stretching into the distance. The road is surrounded by trees just beginning to grow their leaves. A wide dirt track runs along the right edge of the pavement.

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Eyes On the Street: Less Pavement, More Park On Hammond Pond Parkway

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Advocates Win Concessions As State Starts Value-Engineering Allston I-90 Megaproject

A detail of the proposed new street grid from the MassDOT concept plan for the Allston/I-90 Multimodal Project. The map shows three new north-south connector streets between West Station (near the bottom of the map, next to I-90) and Cambridge Street (near the top of the map). Most of those streets feature four or more lanes for motor vehicle traffic.

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Tune In: Editor Christian MilNeil Discusses Allston Multimodal Project on WBUR

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DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless

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City of Everett Wins Federal Funds to Bridge the Sweetser Circle Barrier