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Wednesday’s Headlines Want Safe Streets Now
By Blake Aued |
Particularly frightening about the 16-year high in traffic deaths: The spike in pedestrians killed, seniors killed and deaths caused by large truck drivers.
Bike to Work Day This Friday, and More Bike Month Events
By Christian MilNeil |
May is MassBike’s Bay State Bike Month, with dozens of bike rides, bike repair clinics, and other events all over the commonwealth. You can find a lot more events at MassBike’s BayStateBikeMonth.org website, but here’s a brief summary of some highlights: Wednesday: Burritos and A Bike-In Movie The Boston Cyclists Union is hosting a Bike […]
NO SURPRISE: Feds Report Double-Digit Increase in Road Deaths in 2021
By Gersh Kuntzman |
Call it the forgotten pandemic: road fatalities surged by double-digit percentages, including a significant increase in deaths outside of cars, in 2021, according to a new report issued Tuesday by federal authorities.
Our First Look At the T’s Proposed New Bus Network
By Christian MilNeil |
The MBTA has published a draft map of its proposed new bus network – a major milestone in the agency’s efforts to reinvigorate and expand its bus services. For the past year, the T’s planners have been working on a blank-slate redesign of its bus routes to adapt to the region’s changing travel patterns, better […]
What Maura Healey’s Climate Plan Reveals About Her Transportation Priorities
By Sam Mintz |
The framework contains a number of ideas about how to decarbonize the transportation sector, which generates roughly 40 percent of the state's climate-heating pollutants.
The Blue Line’s Rough Ride Will Continue One More Week
By Christian MilNeil |
On Thursday, the MBTA announced that its suspension of Blue Line service between the Airport station and downtown Boston will extend one more week, through Tuesday, May 17.