Bus lanes
News topics:
Boston Pitches Major Transit-Focused Redesign For Blue Hill Ave.
Because the vast majority of Blue Hill Avenue's neighbors identify as people of color, the addition of high-quality bus lanes and stations could offer a major improvement to inequities in the city's bus network, where black bus riders currently spend, on average, 64 more hours every year traveling than white bus riders.
March 5, 2020
Thursday: Boston Hosts Events On Blue Hill Ave., ‘Connect Downtown’ Projects
City of Boston planners have scheduled two separate public meetings next Thursday, March 5 to present their progress on two major street safety projects: a transit-focused redesign of Blue Hill Avenue in the southern part of the city, and the "Connect Downtown/Southwest Corridor Extension" project, which is aiming to improve bike and pedestrian access into and through the neighborhoods surrounding the Boston Common.
February 27, 2020
The Green Line Is Taking A Summer Break
The C and E branches will each close for a month this summer to accelerate track work and intersection upgrades. Will MassDOT give buses the space they need to pick up the slack?
February 6, 2020
San Francisco Gears Up for ‘Car-Free’ Market Street
Next week, on Wed., Jan. 29, private cars will be banned from Market Street, one of the principal streets in downtown San Francisco.
January 28, 2020
City Plans To Clone Roslindale’s Washington Street Bus Lane
An outbound bus-only lane to match the existing inbound lane is being planned for mid-2020.
January 21, 2020
Boston Officials Pitch New Bus-Priority Corridor Between North Station and Seaport
The proposed "Center City Link" bus route would build a corridor of bus-priority infrastructure to link North Station, South Station, and the Seaport District.
December 12, 2019
Early Data Show Less Traffic, More Bus Riders On Broadway In Somerville
The MBTA on Monday also revealed a plan to utilize the new bus lanes by adding even more bus service on the corridor in 2020.
December 10, 2019
Monday: Somerville Hosts Public Hearing On Broadway Bus Lanes
On Monday evening, Somerville will host a public hearing at City Hall to discuss early traffic and transit data from the city's new bus and bike lanes on on Broadway in Winter Hill.
December 6, 2019
Voters Living Near Somerville’s New Bus Lanes Overwhelmingly Back Their Proponent
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who backed the rollout of an ambitious all-day, bidirectional bus lane on Broadway in Somerville during an election year, won a commanding majority of votes in the three wards immediately adjacent to the bus lane project, according to preliminary election results.
November 6, 2019
Bikes and Buses Getting More Dedicated Lanes In Downtown Boston
The Boston Transportation Department plans to paint new protected bike lanes and a dedicated bus lane on Washington Street through Chinatown and Downtown Crossing.
November 4, 2019
