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Mayor Wu Will Delete Route 39 Bus Lane Through Back Bay
The Mayor also promises to "review" other new bus and bike lanes across the city in order to "adjust or redesign what has not been functioning well."
February 13, 2025
Worcester Poised to Adopt ‘Vision Zero’ Action Plan
A few months after adopting a citywide 25 mph speed limit, the City of Worcester is now considering whether to adopt a Vision Zero action plan that aims to eliminate deaths and severe injuries on the city's roadways within the next decade.
February 12, 2025
City Will Install Lighting to Dark Segments of the Community Path in East Somerville
The City of Somerville is soliciting bids to install lighting for the unlit stretches of the Community Path on either side of the East Somerville Green Line station.
January 23, 2025
A Little Wider, A Little Later: An Update on the Mystic River Bike/Ped Bridge
MassDOT is revising bridge plans to accommodate more foot traffic, but the changes will further postpone construction.
January 16, 2025
State Parks Agency Hosts Yet Another Hearing for Arborway Redesign
The state government's efforts to redesign the Arborway, an Emerald Necklace park in Jamaica Plan that's been taken over by unruly mobs of suburban drivers, will continue for at least another two years, according to state officials.
January 15, 2025
Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts
The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.
January 13, 2025
Smile, Gov. Healey Signs Two Camera Enforcement Bills for Buses
Massachusetts law will now allow public transit agencies and school districts to use bus-mounted cameras to issue fines against illegal parking in dedicated bus lanes and bus stops, and against drivers who threaten kids by illegally passing stopped school buses.
January 10, 2025
Last-Minute Legislating Puts Camera Enforcement Bills On Governor’s Desk
In the waning days of 2024, a skeleton crew of lawmakers on Beacon Hill enacted two new laws that would let transit agencies and school districts start using bus-mounted cameras to enforce traffic laws related to bus stops and bus lanes.
January 2, 2025
Anyone Can Redesign a Street. Here’s How.
Got an internet connection? You can redesign a street — no transportation engineering degree needed.
January 2, 2025
New Trails We Can Look Forward To In 2025
In the past year, Massachusetts trailbuilders cut the ribbon on about 15 miles' worth of new car-free bike and pedestrian trails.
December 30, 2024
