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Boston, MassDOT Seek ‘Mega’ Cash to Build Allston/I-90 Project
MassDOT and the City of Boston are seeking $1.2 billion from Washington, which would match $754 million in committed funds from local and state sources to start building the Allston project by 2025.
May 26, 2022
Checking in on the Franklin Park Action Plan
The master plan is now in the fifth and final “taking action” phase, in which the planning team will propose a framework to prioritize and fund improvement projects.
May 25, 2022
Windshield Bias Afflicts Broadcast Media’s Coverage of Cambridge Bike Lane Projects
A StreetsblogMASS analysis of six recent broadcast news stories about bike lanes in Cambridge found that just two sources took up the majority of airtime.
May 24, 2022
MBTA’s New Electric Bus Order Could Support More Center-Running Busways Regionwide
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.
May 4, 2022
City of Boston Reboots Plans for Bus-Priority Corridor Between North, South Stations
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.
April 29, 2022
Cambridge City Council Forcefully Rejects Effort to Delay Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes
“I honestly don’t even understand why we’re having this conversation at this point,” said Councilor Quinton Zondervan. “People are afraid for their lives, and rightfully so.”
April 26, 2022
NYC ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot Will Move Garbage Off Sidewalks Into On-Street Bins
A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?
April 21, 2022
Mayor Wu’s First Budget Proposal Features Bus Lane Projects, Safer Streets, and Transit-Oriented Housing
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.
April 13, 2022
Cambridge Officials Propose Protected Bike Lanes on Most of Mass. Ave. By 2026
At tonight's Cambridge City Council meeting, city officials will consider a plan to build out physically-protected bike lanes on most of Massachusetts Avenue north of Harvard Square by the end of 2026.
April 11, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End
Work is now underway on two street reconstruction projects that will improve bike connections to the Southwest Corridor.
March 30, 2022
