McLaughlin Playground Path, a narrow public path tucked behind a row of homes in Mission Hill.
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Suburbs Face Their First Deadline for New Transit-Oriented Zoning Law
By Christian MilNeil |
Where many suburbs currently only allow single-family homes with large lawns, the new rules will require new zoning districts "of reasonable size," and generally within a half-mile of transit stops, where builders would be allowed to construct at least 15 homes per acre.
Leominster and Fitchburg’s New Rail-Trail Gets Creative With Winter Maintenance
By Grecia White |
Winter can be rough for pedestrians, bicyclists, and anyone attempting to wheel around on sidewalks and bike lanes through the ice and snow. Even heavily-used trails like the Minuteman Bikeway, which links Cambridge to Bedford, can struggle to maintain paths clear of snow and ice during the winter months: https://twitter.com/minutemanbiker/status/1617873960603095041?s=20&t=0yE3eUuRMg7ISjf95BuYtw One trail advocacy group in […]
Mayor Wu Promises More Housing and Zoning Reform in State of the City Address
By Grecia White |
Last night, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered her first State of the City address to a large audience inside MGM Music Hall in Fenway. Top on the list of priorities was housing, which dominated a large part of her speech. Mayor Wu made big declarations supporting a shift in the status quo and how planning […]
What It’s Like to Be a Woman Transit Operator
By Tonya Abernathy |
Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared as part of the Subtext Zine from Transit Center and is republished with permission. Across the U.S., transit agencies are grappling with a shortfall of operators. These operators — frontline workers that keep buses and trains running are essential to a functioning transit network that actually gets riders where […]
In Chicopee, Drivers Have Killed 8 People Since September
By Christian MilNeil |
Even in the context of record-setting bloodshed on Massachusetts roadways last year, Chicopee has seen an unusually high rate of violence from drivers.
Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses
By Christian MilNeil |
One of the report’s key arguments – and the reason for its title – is that the region’s current bus fleet is actually smaller than it was in the early 1970s, even though the region has added 1.7 million new residents since then.