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Eyes On the Street: Somerville Builds Gardens In the Street to Improve Safety While Also Reducing Water Pollution
The new 'green infrastructure' helps calm traffic and improve safety while also absorbing stormwater during rainstorms.
July 30, 2025
MBTA Proposes Fines, Rules for Its New Bus Camera Enforcement Systems
The proposed fines for blocking a bus lane start at $25 and become incrementally more expensive for subsequent offenses, with higher fines for commercial vehicles.
July 29, 2025
Eyes On the Street: A New Path Connects Two Villages In Newton
This summer, the City of Newton is testing a new configuration for Washington Street that aims to make it safer and more pleasant to walk or bike between West Newton and Newtonville.
July 21, 2025
Malden Debates a New Greenway To Connect the Northern Strand Through Its Downtown
The City of Malden is making plans to connect the western part of the city that a river once flowed through to the Northern Strand Community Trail via a new shared-use path – but one city councilor is raising objections to a crucial path segment on Canal Street, where his family owns a function hall.
July 18, 2025
Another Bus Lane Bites the Dust: Wu Administration Forces Chelsea, Charlestown Transit Riders to Wait In More Traffic
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA rolls out a new bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling number of streets where dedicated bus lanes still exist.
July 8, 2025
A Common Story: Traffic Engineers Pit Safety Improvements Against Parking In Woburn Center Project
Preliminary designs for a redesign of streets around Woburn's town center aim to improve safety in a crash-prone area, but project designers are also offering an alternative scheme that would remove proposed bike lanes along Main Street to preserve 16 on-street parking spaces.
June 30, 2025
MassDOT Reveals New Designs, Timeline for Delayed Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project
MassDOT now says it hopes to open the bridge before 2030 – a more ambitious timeline than agency officials had reported just a few weeks ago.
June 25, 2025
Eyes On the Street: The Northern Strand Gets A Protected Path Through Downtown Lynn
A trail project that connects several streets in Lynn is adding better bus stops, safer crosswalks, and more greenery to the city's downtown.
June 16, 2025
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
