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USDOT Cancels $20 Million Pledge to Fund Street and Transit Improvements In Roxbury
The grant cancellation is part of a nationwide wave of funding cuts for projects that the Trump administration opposes.
September 17, 2025
Mayor Wu Trounces Anti-Bike Challenger In Preliminary Election
In stump speeches, Kraft claimed, without evidence, that the city's limited number of bike lanes "increase congestion," and pledged to "set a pause" on new bikeways.
September 10, 2025
Public Hearing Reveals Support for Automated Enforcement of Bus Lanes in Boston
On the evening of August 21st, the MBTA hosted a public meeting on Proposed Regulation 703 CMR 6.00, also known as the “Issuance and Enforcement of Automated Bus Lane and Bus Stop Violations” as part of the agency’s “Better Bus Project”.
September 3, 2025
DCR Striping Project Attempts to Calm Traffic on Mystic Riverfront Rotaries in Arlington and Medford
New crosswalks and wheelchair accessible ramps should be installed "by summer 2026," according to DCR officials.
August 28, 2025
Boston, MBTA Plan New Center-Running Transitway On Huntington and South Huntington Avenue
Buses would also use the proposed new Green Line E branch transitway to bypass traffic between Heath Street and Brigham Circle.
August 25, 2025
Eyes On the Street: Depaving Leo Birmingham Park
The state's park agency is tearing up two highway lanes' worth of asphalt to convert half of an obsolete highway back into parkland in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston.
August 25, 2025
Provincetown Pilots New Barriers to Protect Pedestrians On Commercial St.
Police in Provincetown have started deploying mobile barriers on Commercial Street, the town's main commercial thoroughfare, to give additional protection to the thousands of pedestrians who fill the street on summer weekends.
August 19, 2025
MassDOT Starts Planning New Car-Free Crossing of the Charles River Next to Museum of Science
MassDOT officials say that they're in the "early development stage" for planning a new car-free crossing of the Charles River from Leverett Circle in Boston to Land Boulevard in Cambridge, based on a conceptual proposal from the Museum of Science.
August 15, 2025
Wu Won’t Fix Hyde Park Ave. Safety Hazards in Upcoming Paving Project
"It’s been proven that that area is deadly for pedestrians, and a mess for people in cars too, so let’s fix it up,” says City Councilor Ben Weber.
August 14, 2025
MassDOT and the Town of Tisbury Make Plans to Address Climate Change, Crashes, and Connectivity on Martha’s Vineyard
On Martha’s Vineyard, MassDOT is collaborating with the Town of Tisbury to address safety problems as well as increasing flood risks from sea level rise around Beach Road and the Five Corners intersection in the center of Vineyard Haven.
August 12, 2025
