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Somerville Approves Community Path Lease Agreement; Opening Delayed ‘Til April
Last Thursday, the Somerville City Council endorsed a proposed lease agreement between the city and the MBTA that, once executed, will formalize maintenance responsibilities and open up public access to the new path.
March 1, 2023
City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide
"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."
February 1, 2023
Leominster and Fitchburg’s New Rail-Trail Gets Creative With Winter Maintenance
A relatively new trail, Twin Cities Rail Trail first opened its “phase 1” segment to the public last summer to connect the cities of Fitchburg and Leominster.
January 27, 2023
In Chicopee, Drivers Have Killed 8 People Since September
Even in the context of record-setting bloodshed on Massachusetts roadways last year, Chicopee has seen an unusually high rate of violence from drivers.
January 25, 2023
Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses
One of the report’s key arguments – and the reason for its title – is that the region’s current bus fleet is actually smaller than it was in the early 1970s, even though the region has added 1.7 million new residents since then.
January 25, 2023
City Declares Copley Open Street Pilot a ‘Success’ and Plans Permanent Improvements
72 percent of survey respondents expressed a "very positive" opinion about making the car-free plaza permanent.
January 19, 2023
Changes Coming to Jamaica Plain’s Arborway Parkway
In the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the ongoing redesign project for the Arborway Parkway continues advancing closer to the final design phase with the goal of improving safety and accessibility for all corridor users including bicyclists and pedestrians.
December 30, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Portions of New Tremont St. Protected Bike Lane Are Ready to Ride
In the past few weeks, new striping has gone down on several blocks in the western end of the project area, delineating space for new protected bike lanes.
December 22, 2022
MassDOT Is Demolishing a Highway to Give Fall River Its Waterfront Back
MassDOT's Route 79 demolition and associated improvements on nearby surface streets are expected to be complete by 2025.
December 21, 2022
Worcester City Hall Poaches Longtime Brookline Planner for New Transportation Department
Worcester is in the midst of several big-picture planning initiatives, like the implementation of the 2020 Green Worcester Plan – which calls on the city to "shift more trips from cars to transit, biking, and walking" – and the upcoming Worcester Next long-range plan.
December 20, 2022
