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State House Update: Baker Vetoes RTA Budget Increase, Proposal Advances for New T Governing Board
Governor Baker used his line-item veto power to flat-fund state assistance for regional transit authorities at $90.5 million for the third year in a row.
July 19, 2021
Mass. RAISE Grant Applications Seek Funds for Mystic Bike-Ped Bridge, Blue Hill Ave.
The Commonwealth's bids for this year's round of federal RAISE grants include Boston's Blue Hill Avenue busway, a bike and pedestrian bridge over the Mystic River, a transformation of the Lynnway in Lynn, and a fencing and surveillance project for the Connecticut River rail line in the Pioneer Valley.
July 15, 2021
State Agencies Seek to Transform the Lynnway With New Bike Path and Bus Rapid Transit
The project would remove car lanes on the Lynnway to create center-running bus lanes with transit signal priority, a shared use path, improved bus stops, and safer crosswalks along a 1.5 mile corridor along Lynn's harborfront.
July 14, 2021
New Northeast Corridor Rail Plan Would Boost MBTA Providence Line Projects
If all of the recommended projects from the new "Connect NEC 2035" plan were funded and built, the Commission estimates that Amtrak's travel times between Boston and New York City could be cut by 28 minutes, and that the MBTA would be able to operate considerably more trains at higher speeds between Rhode Island and South Station.
July 14, 2021
Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops
Transit agencies need to do more to make sure their networks are comprehensively safe — and that may include reforming, defunding, or outright removing police from these critical public spaces, a new report argues.
July 13, 2021
MBTA Will Paint 4.8 Miles of New Bus Lanes This Summer
The MBTA has reached agreements with the cities of Boston, Somerville, Revere, Malden, Lynn, and the Town of Brookline to paint roughly 4.8 miles of new dedicated bus lanes this summer in an effort to improve bus service reliability as traffic congestion comes roaring back in the wake of the pandemic.
June 28, 2021
Boston, MassDOT Reveal Plans to Reconfigure Sullivan Square By 2026
Although it would be narrower, with more crosswalks, wider sidewalks, and dedicated bike infrastructure, there's little doubt that the new Rutherford Avenue will still be a high-speed, multi-lane highway.
June 24, 2021
Report: Workplace Parking Subsidies Could Drive A Return to Gridlock
"Boston and other municipalities should accelerate the reconfiguration of roadways for the highest and best use of that space," the report urges.
June 22, 2021
Does A Fare-Free 28 Also Need to Pay For A Free RIDE?
“Giving primarily white and wealthy transit riders a free trip, while forcing primarily Black and low income riders to jump through hoops to access similar fare-free service, is exactly what structural racism looks like," says Stacy Thompson, executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance.
June 16, 2021
Advocates Praise House Transportation Bill that Includes Policy Reform, More Transit Funding
The House bill also includes hundreds of earmarks for specific projects in Massachusetts.
June 11, 2021
