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You Can Blame Fossil Fuels for Delaying Northampton’s Main Street Renovation
A long-awaited project to widen sidewalks, improve public spaces, and install protected bike lanes along Main Street in downtown Northampton will have to wait one more year because Eversource, the local methane gas utility company, did not accurately record the locations of its underground pipes.
April 28, 2026
Eyes On the Street: Bikes, Pedestrians, and Buses Get More Space In Sullivan Square
MassDOT is wrapping up a multi-year bridge replacement project near Sullivan Square that has given transit riders, pedestrians, and bike commuters some significant improvements through the highway interchange that divides East Somerville from Sullivan Square.
April 13, 2026
Six Mass. Schools Step Up Their Bike Parking Game with New Safe Routes to School Grant
Six schools across Massachusetts are the new recipients of the 2025-2026 Bike Rack Grant out of MassDOT’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program.
March 5, 2026
MassDOT Awards $6.6 Million For Municipal ‘Complete Streets’ Projects
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will award $6.6 million to safety projecs in 15 cities and towns in the latest round of its Complete Streets Funding Program, a grant program that funds bike and pedestrian improvements in municipal public works projects.
February 23, 2026
Climate Report Card Gives MassDOT A Failing Grade As Mass. Misses Key Climate Goals
As traffic continues to increase and EV sales lag, will MassDOT finally pivot to public transportation as a climate solution?
February 13, 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
MassDOT Construction Project Blocks Busy Allston Bike Route Across I-90
"MassDOT has heard the concerns of bicyclists and will make minor adjustments to the barrier to reallocate space," a spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS on Thursday.
January 15, 2026
See MassDOT’s Plans for a New Highway Interchange on the Cambridge Riverfront
On Tuesday night, MassDOT hosted a virtual public meeting to unveil their six competing designs for replacing the crumbling William Reid Overpass, located near the B.U. Bridge on the Cambridge side of the Charles River.
January 9, 2026
More Buses to the Berkshires Coming In 2026
Link413, a partnership between three regional transit authorities, will introduce three longer-distance bus routes to connect North Adams, Pittsfield, Greenfield, and Northampton.
December 17, 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
