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Department of Concealed Records: Why Is DCR Hiding Its ‘Parkways Study’?
In 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation initiated a $500,000 study to improve safety on its park roadways. But the study was never published, and six years later, the agency is stonewalling efforts to find out what happened.
May 13, 2021
Eyes On the Street: I Survived Worcester’s New Kelley Square
MassDOT's project upgraded several connecting streets in the Canal District with improved sidewalks and dedicated bike infrastructure.
May 4, 2021
An Ode to the Miniature Fire Truck
Stories about miniature emergency service vehicles are spreading like wildfire on Twitter — so let's rethink our obsession with monster trucks.
May 4, 2021
New Plan Plots a Course for Cross-State Trail Through Central Massachusetts
About one third of the proposed Mass. Central Rail Trail has already been built, but connecting missing links through the hills of Worcester County will be a more challenging project.
May 3, 2021
Downtown Boston’s Tontine Plaza to Be Made Permanent
Millennium Partners hopes to start construction on the new plaza in June.
April 29, 2021
Help Pick A Route for the Silver Line Extension Through Everett
Planners seek feedback on potential alignments that would extend the Silver Line busway from its current terminus in Chelsea into Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, and downtown Boston.
April 27, 2021
Trot, Trot to Boston With New Bus and Bike Lanes in Lynn
The quick-build project helps connect the newly-extended Northern Strand Trail to the city’s downtown district.
April 16, 2021
Malden City Council Endorses More Bus, Bike Lanes for City Center
The current Centre Street is a four- to five-lane street built in the late 1970s, shortly after the city's new Orange Line station opened, over the buried headwaters of the Malden River.
April 15, 2021
Boston, MBTA to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes to Ruggles
The new center-running busway with dedicated platforms will speed bus services along Boston's highest-ridership bus corridor.
April 1, 2021
New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Require Sidewalks, Bike Lanes In State Road Projects
The newly-adopted controlling criteria for bike, pedestrian, and transit facilities lay out minimum standards to help ensure that all roadway users are considered from the beginning of a project's design process.
March 22, 2021
