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Councilors Durkan, Santana Propose Eliminating Off-Street Parking Mandates for Housing In Boston
The median rent for an apartment in Boston is now about $3,000 per month, but you can rent a parking space downtown for as little as $500 a month.
April 15, 2026
Guest Column: South Station Is Not An Adequate Emergency Shelter
There are numerous other public buildings nearby that offer better adaptability, dignity, and safety for unhoused residents.
March 11, 2026
MassDOT Begins Marketing Former Freeway Land In Fall River For Transit-Oriented Housing Development
Last week, MassDOT announced that it would begin marketing over 25 acres of empty riverfront real estate that it owns in Fall River after successfully completing a project to demolish an obsolete waterfront highway that had formerly occupied the land.
January 27, 2026
Healey’s ‘State of the Commonwealth’ Boasts About MBTA Turnaround, Promises to Fill Budget Shortfall
"We’re going to close the T’s budget gap so Phil and his team can keep cookin’," the Governor promised.
January 23, 2026
MBTA Communities Act Holdouts Are Losing State Funding
"We will take action as appropriate by the end of the month" against towns that maintain segregationist zoning rules in violation of state law, warns Attorney General Andrea Campbell.
January 16, 2026
MBTA Terminates Alewife Redevelopment Plan
"Current market conditions are not favorable to maximizing the property's value for transportation priorities," an MBTA spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS on Monday.
January 12, 2026
New Bedford City Council Considers Parking Reforms
The New Bedford City Council is considering reducing the city's parking production quotas, which currently require developers to build two off-street parking spaces for every new apartment.
December 15, 2025
Eyes on the Street: The Fall of a Freeway in Fall River
The demolition of MassDOT's blighted Route 79 expressway opens up 19 acres of land for new housing next to Fall River's MBTA station.
November 26, 2025
City of Salem Eliminates Parking Requirements for New Apartments
"Salem needs more homes and less empty asphalt parking spaces at these projects,” said Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo.
September 30, 2025
Healey Administration Offers State Land For Housing – But Bloated Road Right-of-Way Remains Off-Limits
MassDOT controls about 9,500 lane-miles of paved roadway that covers almost 14,000 of the Commonwealth's acreage under asphalt.
July 22, 2025
