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Transit Advocates Salute the MBTA’s Slowest Buses With Inaugural Pokey/Schleppie Awards
According to TransitMatters’ analysis, the clear “winner” was the Route 1 bus, which won twice for being the slowest and the most-bunched bus in the MBTA system.
April 22, 2024
Mystic River Bridge Design, Timeline Still Shrouded In Mystery, Globe Confirms
Today, the Boston Globe published a reminder that we still have no idea when or how the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation will build a long-planned bridge over the Mystic River to connect Everett to the Assembly Orange Line Station (see map above).
April 15, 2024
Bus Network Redesign Shows Signs of Life
The T plans to roll out a new network of four frequent-service bus routes across the northern part of its service area before the end of 2024 in the first implementation phase of its bus network redesign.
April 11, 2024
DCR Starts Construction on Waltham-Weston Mass. Central Trail Connection
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has issued a "notice to proceed" for work to begin on a short extension of the Mass. Central Rail Trail at the Weston-Waltham city line.
April 10, 2024
DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless
The Commonwealth's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the state's parks agency, is moving ahead with plans to renovate a portion of the Leo Birmingham Parkway in Brighton with a smaller footprint and a new shared-use pathway.
March 25, 2024
Eyes On the Street: In Back Bay, A New Transit Plaza Takes Shape Over the Turnpike
It's been under construction for three and a half years now, but a busy transit transfer station and sidewalk in the heart of the Back Bay neighborhood are finally taking shape to open up to the public later this year.
March 21, 2024
City of Everett Wins Federal Funds to Bridge the Sweetser Circle Barrier
Federal officials have pledged $1.2 million to let the City of Everett start planning ways to bridge the Revere Beach "Parkway," a massive highway barrier that divides the northern and southern parts of the city.
March 14, 2024
DCR Is Planning A Big Renovation of the Southwest Corridor Greenway
The state Department of Recreation (DCR) is working on a Southwest Corridor Park Action Plan to revitalize one of Boston’s busiest greenways, and the agency hosted its second public meeting for the project on February 28th.
March 12, 2024
MBTA Endorses A New Bus Rapid Transit Route Through Everett
On Friday, the MBTA and MassDOT published their final recommendations from a multi-year analysis of possible new Silver Line routes through the City of Everett.
March 8, 2024
PROWAG Can Make Cities More Accessible — So Here’s What You Need to Know
America has waited more than 12 years for the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines to be implemented. Here's why it matters.
March 7, 2024
