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Public Transit and Public Health
The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) started having a major impact on civic life in the Commonwealth this week: public agencies are cancelling meetings, universities are sending students home, traffic congestion has evaporated, and the MBTA started taking additional measures to disinfect stations and vehicles.
March 12, 2020
Livablestreets Report Keeps ‘Go Boston 2030’ on the Agenda, Not on a Shelf
In a new report released this morning, the LivableStreets Alliance says that Boston is making good progress on improving street safety, but by and large has yet to make significant progress on its ambitions to reduce traffic and air pollution by increasing biking, walking and transit use.
March 11, 2020
MBTA Board Update: More Bolster Banes on New Orange Trains
New Orange Line Cars will be out of service indefinitely while their manufacturer addresses more issues with a component on the trains' wheel assemblies..
March 10, 2020
Thursday: Boston Hosts Events On Blue Hill Ave., ‘Connect Downtown’ Projects
City of Boston planners have scheduled two separate public meetings next Thursday, March 5 to present their progress on two major street safety projects: a transit-focused redesign of Blue Hill Avenue in the southern part of the city, and the "Connect Downtown/Southwest Corridor Extension" project, which is aiming to improve bike and pedestrian access into and through the neighborhoods surrounding the Boston Common.
February 27, 2020
Boston Starts Outreach For Hyde Park Ave. Bus and Bike Improvements
Planners from the City of Boston and the MBTA held their first open house on Tuesday evening in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood to solicit ideas for "complete streets" and transit-priority improvements to Hyde Park Avenue, a major transit corridor and one of the only north-south routes into the neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Readville.
February 17, 2020
Everett, Somerville Advance Silver Line Extension Project
A grant application document submitted to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission requests $425,000 for the “planning and design of the MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service from its current terminus in Chelsea, through Everett, Sullivan Square, and Washington Street in Somerville, and terminating at appropriate MBTA Red Line and/or Green Line intermodal facilities.”
February 13, 2020
City, Encore Casino Studying Two New Gondola Links In Everett
The City of Everett is seeking funds for a $200,000 gondola study that would include ridership projections, conceptual alignments and station designs, permitting needs, and budget estimates.
February 11, 2020
The Green Line Is Taking A Summer Break
The C and E branches will each close for a month this summer to accelerate track work and intersection upgrades. Will MassDOT give buses the space they need to pick up the slack?
February 6, 2020
Study: Apartments With Free Parking Reduce Transit Ridership
If your home comes with a free parking spot, you'll probably use it.
January 29, 2020
San Francisco Gears Up for ‘Car-Free’ Market Street
Next week, on Wed., Jan. 29, private cars will be banned from Market Street, one of the principal streets in downtown San Francisco.
January 28, 2020
