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MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall
MassDOT will re-stripe lanes and add flexible-post bollards to make the changes permanent later this fall.
October 24, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Downtown Boston’s New Cambridge Street Protected Bike Lane
Even before the new lane has been fully installed this week, dozens of bicycle users were already using the new facility on Thursday afternoon.
October 21, 2022
Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square
The City of Cambridge is juggling three projects to add protected bike lanes, calm traffic, and improve bus stops around Harvard Square; work on Garden Street begins this month.
October 17, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Chelsea’s Produce Distribution Corridor Gets Much Needed Bike and Ped Upgrades
Previously, anyone without access to a car who works at one of the many produce distribution facilities along Beacham and Williams Streets had no choice but to walk or ride a bike down what seemed like no man's land; a road with fading markings, no separation from traffic, and asphalt that blended into uneven dirt shoulders.
October 10, 2022
Minuteman Bikeway Extension Hinges on Upcoming Special Vote
Earlier this spring, a vote enabling the Select Board to use eminent domain to obtain that land and easements required for the trail received 61 percent support, narrowly missing the two-thirds majority needed.
October 6, 2022
Eyes On the Street: Huntington Avenue’s Bus and Bike Lane Gets Some Color
Just over a mile long stretch along Huntington Avenue now features a ruby dedicated bus lane in the southbound direction; about a quarter of the T’s 39 bus route.
September 28, 2022
An Inside Look at Federal Highway Officials’ Efforts to Encourage Safer Streets
The annual conference of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) conference in Boston earlier this month offered a sort of homecoming for Stephanie Pollack, the former leader of MassDOT who left for Washington in early 2021 to lead the Federal Highway Administration in President Biden's administration.
September 28, 2022
Eyes On the Street: The Fenway Multi-Use Path Inches Eastward
The project connects to another path segment that runs behind the Landmark Center complex and opened last fall. That segment, which runs along the Green Line tracks east of the Fenway stop, currently ends at Miner Street.
September 26, 2022
The Orange Line Is Back, But Several of Boston’s ‘Temporary’ Bus and Bike Lanes Will Remain
“We’re keeping in place some of the changes that have helped with traffic flow and transit access, so that commuters will see lasting benefit above ground even as the subway comes back online,” said Mayor Michelle Wu in an announcement released early Tuesday morning.
September 20, 2022
Planning Underway for Mass. Central Rail Trail Link Over I-95 in Waltham, Weston
The proposed trail is less than a mile long, but it would connect two much longer MCRT segments in Waltham and Weston.
September 19, 2022
