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Cambridge Pedestrianizes A Harvard Square Block, With More Car-Free Spaces In Consideration
Today, the City of Cambridge began a pilot car-free zone on a small one-block section of Bow Street south of Harvard Square.
June 18, 2026
Eyes On the Street: Casting On Congress
Congress Street is the first installation site for "cast in place" concrete barriers that could ultimately replace many of the city's broken plastic bollards.
June 16, 2026
City Council Cuts $1.4 Million From Boston Transportation Dept. In Last-Minute Budget Debates
City Councilor Sharon Durkan warns that the new budget will "undoubtedly result in layoffs" at the Boston Transportation Department, the agency that plans and designs street safety and transit improvements across the city.
June 11, 2026
Better Buses For Watertown? City and MBTA Plan Transit Improvements For Arsenal Street
The city and the T will host an open house for the project this Sunday, June 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Watertown Free Library at 123 Main Street.
June 11, 2026
Town of Sandwich Opens New 4-Mile Segment In Planned Cross-Cape Pathway
Last Friday, local officials officially cut the ribbon on the new Service Road shared-use pathway in the Cape Cod town of Sandwich – a four-mile trail alongside Service Road that partially fills one of the biggest gaps in the Cape's network of off-street bike and pedestrian trails.
June 2, 2026
State Street Improvements Delayed: One of Downtown’s Most Poorly-Designed Streets Will Get A Fresh Coat of Asphalt Instead
Mayor Wu is postponing a plan to improve State Street in downtown Boston with wider, wheelchair-accessible sidewalks, safer crosswalks, and a protected bikeway connection.
May 12, 2026
Local Planner’s Design Prize Victory Will Give Malden’s Bike Kitchen Space to Grow
A local transportation planner has won an international grant competition with her designs to upgrade the Bike to the Sea Bike Kitchen along the Northern Strand Trail in Malden.
May 7, 2026
Meet the NIMBY’s Toxic Cousin: the NOMS (Not On My Street)
Are neighborhood "car supremacists" taking over our community meetings — and what do we do about it?
May 6, 2026
You Can Blame Fossil Fuels for Delaying Northampton’s Main Street Renovation
A long-awaited project to widen sidewalks, improve public spaces, and install protected bike lanes along Main Street in downtown Northampton will have to wait one more year because Eversource, the local methane gas utility company, did not accurately record the locations of its underground pipes.
April 28, 2026
Mayor Wu’s Latest Budget Plan Eliminates Funding for Over a Dozen Street Safety Projects: See the List
Mayor Wu's recently-published budget proposal appears to eliminate dozens of capital projects from the city's five-year capital plan, according to a comparison of this year's fiscal year 2027 proposal with the current fiscal year 2026 enacted budget.
April 22, 2026
