Walking from one side of McGrath Highway to the other along Mystic Avenue requires pedestrians to cross multiple highway ramps and walk along “sidewalks” like this one, in the middle of the roadway. Pictured on May 26, 2021.
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Wednesday’s Headlines Want Safe Streets Now
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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.