Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Bus lanes

A middle-of-the-road bus station served by buses with left-side doors in Cali, Colombia. Photo by Karl Fjellstrom, courtesy of ITDP.

MBTA’s New Electric Bus Order Could Support More Center-Running Busways Regionwide

By Christian MilNeil | May 4, 2022 | No Comments

The T is shopping for new buses that would allow boarding on both sides of the vehicle, which could facilitate more center-running busways across the region. "It recongnizes the potential that we don't need to rip up a whole street, if we can just change the bus instead," says Maya Mudgal, a BTD transit planner.

A map of the City of Boston's proposed route for a new "multimodal corridor" between North and South Stations. The route includes Causeway Street in front of North Station, Congress Street between Causeway and Post Office Square, and either Federal, Congress, or Pearl Street (to be determined) to Dewey Square and South Station. From there, the route would continue onto Summer Street into the Seaport.

City of Boston Reboots Plans for Bus-Priority Corridor Between North, South Stations

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 29, 2022 | No Comments

In addition to bus-priority infrastructure and enhanced bus stops, the city is also examining the possibilities for cross-town protected bike lanes and safer, more visible crosswalks along the route.

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Mayor Wu’s First Budget Proposal Features Bus Lane Projects, Safer Streets, and Transit-Oriented Housing

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 13, 2022 | No Comments

The proposed budget is an "unprecedented investment because this is an unprecedented moment," Mayor Wu told her cabinet members and City Councilors at a breakfast presentation in City Hall Wednesday morning.

A sketch of the BPDA's proposed cross-section for the Western Avenue transitway, showing wider sidewalks, sidewalk-level bike lanes on both sides of the street, larger bus stops, and a dedicated transitway for MBTA buses. General motor vehicle traffic would get a single lane running along the side of the new street.

Most of Western Ave. in Allston Would Be Dedicated for Bikes and Buses Under BPDA Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 14, 2022 | No Comments

To meet climate goals and accommodate new development with more efficient city streets, City of Boston planners and community advocates are pushing to redesign Western Avenue in Allston to a bus-priority "transitway" that would reduce car traffic to just one lane for most of the street's length between Barry's Corner and the Charles River.

Blue Hill Avenue near Talbot Ave., looking north towards Franklin Park, on the evening of March 5, 2020.

City of Boston, MBTA Win Funds to Transform Blue Hill Avenue

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 18, 2021 | 1 Comment

City officials have estimated that the project would benefit roughly 20,000 bus riders in Dorchester and Mattapan, reduce their collective commuting times by 800 hours every day, and, with less time wasted in traffic, allow the T to make over 100 additional daily trips on existing routes using the same number of buses and drivers.

New development, new sidewalks, and new protected bike lanes line Washington Street in Brookline Village. The town is moving forward with a proposal to set aside one lane in each direction on the newly-reconstructed street as dedicated bus lanes for the MBTA's route 60, 65, and 66 buses.

A Roundup of Holdups

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 5, 2021 | No Comments

Updates on bus lanes in Brookline, the Bruce Freeman bridge in Concord, Orange Line slow zones, and more.

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