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It’s Election Day: How to Vote
Today is Election Day, when Massachusetts voters will pick new municipal leaders in several key mayoral and City Council races across the state.
November 4, 2025
Healey Administration Announces $7.5 Million in MassTrails Grants
On Tuesday, Gov. Healey's administration announced this year's round of MassTrails grants, which pledge $7.5 million to help advance 50 trail projects across Massachusetts.
October 8, 2025
USDOT Cancels $20 Million Pledge to Fund Street and Transit Improvements In Roxbury
The grant cancellation is part of a nationwide wave of funding cuts for projects that the Trump administration opposes.
September 17, 2025
Eyes On the Street: Filling In Gaps In Cambridge’s Bike Network
This fall, bike commuters in Cambridge are riding upgraded bike routes across the city as the city draws closer towards its 2027 deadline for building out a citywide network of protected bike lanes.
September 8, 2025
MassDOT Board Approves $251 Million Replacement of Basiliere Bridge in Downtown Haverhill
The project will demolish the existing bridge and build its replacement in a construction project that's expected to continue until 2032.
August 1, 2025
Boston Installing More Bluebikes Stations In Fenway, Allston, and Brighton
The City of Boston will install at least two dozen new Bluebikes stations this summer in a significant expansion of the bikesharing system in Fenway, Allston, and Brighton.
July 24, 2025
MeVa Adds 50 Percent More Service On Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill Bus Routes
In July, MeVa will start operating buses every 20 minutes on weekdays for its two busiest routes.
June 10, 2025
‘We Need Each Other’ – Mourners Remember Crash Victims, Demand Safer Streets
"We are here tonight because we know we can do better. We must do better," said Gina Gancheva, whose 4-year-old daughter Gracie was struck and killed outside of the Boston Children's Museum last spring.
May 26, 2025
Transit Riders Plan Grassroots Protest of Tonight’s Boylston Street Bus Lane Removal
Boston residents are planning to gather in Copley Square this evening to protest the city's planned removal of the Boylston Street bus lane, which improved bus speeds and reliability for the MBTA's Route 39 but also attracted the ire of the politically well-connected Back Bay Association.
March 18, 2025
Registration Opens for Youth Bike Summit in Roxbury
Editor's note: the following article is an edited version of a press release from the Youth Bike Summit's organizers.
March 6, 2025
