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Mayor Wu Announces Expanded Open Streets Events Calendar for 2023
The Mayor also announced a major expansion in the city's Open Newbury events, which will occur every Sunday from July until mid-October this year.
May 2, 2023
Mayor Wu’s 2024 Budget Proposal Includes $1.4 Million for Electric Bluebikes
Mayor Wu wrote that "we have included $550,000 to support $5 Bluebikes passes for 10,000 residents, expanding Bluebike usage and encouraging mode shift, plus $1.4 million to introduce electric Bluebikes across the system."
April 10, 2023
Buses Get Pushed to the Side in Boston’s Latest Design for Summer Street
Under the administration of former mayor Marty Walsh, Boston had proposed a center-running dedicated busway on Summer Street to connect South Boston, the Seaport District, South Station, and the downtown financial district. Revised plans call for a shared bus-and-truck lane that will run on the side of the street instead.
April 6, 2023
Boston Plans New Parkland to Bridge the Turnpike’s Scar Through Chinatown
The planning effort will focus on four blocks along the Interstate 90 trench, from Arlington and Tremont Streets in the west to Harrison Avenue in the east.
March 8, 2023
Boston, North Adams Win Federal Funds to Heal Highway Blight
The USDOT awarded over $2 million to the cities of Boston and North Adams to address the blight and pollution of I-90 and Route 2, respectively.
March 1, 2023
Somerville Preps Petitions for Lower Speed Limits on State-Controlled ‘Corridor of Death’
A new roadway safety law enacted at the end of December created a new process by which local municipalities could petition state agencies to reduce speed limits on state-owned roadways within their boundaries.
February 7, 2023
City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide
"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."
February 1, 2023
In 2022, Boston Planners Once Again Approved More Parking Spaces Than Homes
In spite of the city's pressing housing shortage and ambitious climate goals, which call for fewer cars on Boston's streets, the BPDA's project approvals for 2022 include more parking and less housing compared to 2021.
February 1, 2023
City Declares Copley Open Street Pilot a ‘Success’ and Plans Permanent Improvements
72 percent of survey respondents expressed a "very positive" opinion about making the car-free plaza permanent.
January 19, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Portions of New Tremont St. Protected Bike Lane Are Ready to Ride
In the past few weeks, new striping has gone down on several blocks in the western end of the project area, delineating space for new protected bike lanes.
December 22, 2022
