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MBTA Hosts Its First Public Hearing for Lynnway Redesign Project
Nearly three years after winning a $20 million federal grant, the MBTA hosted its first public forum on Wednesday evening for a proposed transit-focused redesign of the Lynnway, a major highway that slices across Lynn's waterfront district.
June 13, 2025
Eyes On the Street: A Little Better On the B.U. Bridge
Several government agencies have collaborated on a suite of safety improvements on and around the B.U. Bridge.
June 5, 2025
New Mystic Bridge Won’t Be Built ‘Til the 2030s Under MassDOT’s Proposed Budget
MassDOT's latest 5-year capital plan includes $69.8 million for the project, but work wouldn't begin until fiscal year 2027, more than a year from now.
June 3, 2025
MassDOT to Reschedule Public Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project
Update: On Monday afternoon, hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin, MassDOT announced that "this meeting has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date." The hearing will now be held on June 24 at Somerville High School.
May 12, 2025
MassDOT Makes More Space for Bikes and Pedestrians In Revised Designs for Medford Main Street
"It really did feel like they really did listen and change a lot of stuff,” says Ellery Klein, a Medford road safety advocate.
May 9, 2025
MassDOT Road Project Will Shut Down Half of the Orange Line for 9 Days, Starting Friday
The silver lining: the new bridges that MassDOT is building will create wider sidewalks, protected bike paths, and more dedicated bus lanes to improve connections between East Somerville and Sullivan Square.
May 6, 2025
MassDOT Is Filling Gaps In the Border to Boston Trail
Updates on the Mystic River bike and pedestrian bridge, new trail connections in Peabody, and rail trail upgrades for rural Essex County.
April 29, 2025
Truro Is Converting Part of An Obsolete Highway Interchange to Affordable Housing
Earlier this month, elected officials in Truro gathered at the town's community center to celebrate the official groundbreaking of a new 43-unit housing development on the site of an unbuilt MassDOT highway off-ramp.
April 28, 2025
Boston’s Chief of Streets Reminds Business Leaders That ‘Our Roads Are Not Getting Bigger’
The city's business leaders have convened for a series of talks on Boston's transportation challenges, which impede the region's growth.
April 22, 2025
Here Are the Street Projects In Boston’s Latest Capital Budget
A day after Mayor Wu suggested that her administration was interested in replacing paint and flexible-post bollards with more permanent infrastructure along the city's bikeways, her administration released their proposed capital budget for fiscal year 2026, which includes a detailed list of street construction projects that the city hopes to work on next year.
April 9, 2025
