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MassDOT

An Updated Guide To Boston’s Allston/I-90 Megaproject

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Traffic congestion

MassDOT Analysis: Commutes Are Faster For Everyone After Buses Got Their Own Lane On Tobin Bridge

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Highways

How One City Used Transit to Cut Traffic During a Taylor Swift Mega-Concert

An evening city street scene on Boylston Street near Copley Square. On the left side of the photo is a busy sidewalk and a Chick-Fil-A restaurant. On the street in front of the restaurant, four cars, three of them double-parked, occupy the multiple-lane street; a food delivery driver is stepping out of one of the cars while a second car is attempting to drive between the others to fit in closer to the curb.

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Elections and Politics

Legislation Aims to Take the Measure of Traffic Impacts From App-Based Delivery Services

A view from the Boston Public Library steps overlooking the festivities from day one of Copley Connect, a pilot project that will close one block of Dartmouth Street to motor vehicle traffic in order to expand the public space of Copley Square.

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Street Design

City Declares Copley Open Street Pilot a ‘Success’ and Plans Permanent Improvements

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Uber and Lyft Ridership May Be Faring Even Worse Than Transit

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Bus lanes

Buses Will Get A New Bypass Around I-93 Traffic Jams North of Boston

Google Street View imagery of Main Street in Reading shows the street before (from 2019) and after (from 2020) a road diet that reduced the number of vehicle lanes on the roadway. Images courtesy of Google.

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A Reading Road Diet Moves From Pilot to Permanent

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As Uber and Lyft Pivot to Deliveries, Customers Face Longer Waits, Higher Prices

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Bicycling

Report: Workplace Parking Subsidies Could Drive A Return to Gridlock