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Legacy of Racial Profiling By Police Holds Up Distracted Driving Law
The Massachusetts legislature is on the verge of passing a new law that would outlaw people from holding cellphones while driving motor vehicles, but the bill has stalled as lawmakers hammer out details of how to collect data on traffic stops related to the new law in order to prevent racial profiling by police.
September 26, 2019
Senate’s $287B Roads Bill Offers Just 0.4% for Walking and Biking
Believe it or not, that's nearly double what the feds set aside in the last big transportation bill.
July 30, 2019
Beacon Hill Boosts Regional Transit Authorities, With a Catch
A new budget passed in the Massachusetts State House last week would increase funding for the state's fifteen Regional Transit Authorities, which operate transit services for the millions of Bay State residents who live outside of the MBTA's fixed-route service area in greater Boston.
July 30, 2019
Sen. Markey Introduces Federal Complete Streets Bill
The Markey-Cohen bill would also require grant recipients to adopt and prioritize a “Complete Streets” policy — and it would require the federal government, the states and federal “metropolitan planning organizations” to adopt design standards for all highway projects “that provide for the safe and adequate accommodation of all users of the surface transportation network, including motorized and non-motorized users, in all phases of project planning, development, and operation.”
July 11, 2019
