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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
Route Review: Riding the New Frequent-Service 104 from Malden
Phase 1 of the MBTA’s Bus Network Redesign launched on Sunday with improved bus service on four routes in Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Malden, Somerville, Cambridge, and East Boston.
December 20, 2024
MBTA’s Green Line Accessibility Project Will Consolidate Stops in Brookline
By the end of 2026, Brookline will have two fewer Green Line stops, but riders will get faster transit trips and upgraded stations as part of the T's efforts to make the C branch fully accessible between Cleveland Circle and Kenmore Square.
December 17, 2024
DCR Will Start Tearing Out Pavement for Memorial Drive Narrowing Project In 2025
A long-planned project to improve riverfront paths and reduce the width of the Memorial Drive highway in Cambridge from 4 lanes to 2 lanes will get underway next year.
December 13, 2024
Utility Poles Limit the Utility of Newton’s New ‘Complete Street’
A years-long MassDOT project to redesign Needham Street in Newton as a more bike- and pedestrian-friendly street is nearly complete – but the street's users are still waiting for Verizon and Eversource to remove old utility poles that are blocking the roadway in numerous locations.
December 11, 2024
Eyes On the Street: The New Western Ave. Bike Lanes
Thanks to reader Emily Jacobsen for sharing these photos of the new bike lanes on Western Avenue, where City of Boston workers have been installing new flexible-post bollards over the past week.
December 6, 2024
