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Boston Bike Counts Make the Case for Better Bike Lanes on Key Routes
Data show that several downtown streets, like Cambridge and Charles Streets, get lots of bike traffic in spite of inadequate or nonexistent bike infrastructure.
September 4, 2020
T Announces New Bus Lane Projects, Targeting 6 Regional Bottlenecks
The T estimates that, even under reduced levels of ridership during the pandemic, these bus lane projects would benefit over 50,000 riders every weekday.
August 28, 2020
Seaport Subterfuge: Boston Calls Out Massport for Undermining Summer Street Busway
Earlier this summer, Mike Meyran, Massport's Port Director, emailed South Boston businesses and asked them to lobby City of Boston officials to oppose dedicated bus lane projects in the congested Seaport neighborhood.
August 27, 2020
Next Phase of Boston’s ‘Healthy Streets’ Will Make Downtown Bike Lanes Permanent, Advance Projects in Outlying Neighborhoods
Boston officials announced plans to make downtown's new pop-up bike lanes permanent, and a new project that would add protected bike lanes and calm traffic on American Legion Highway between Mattapan and Hyde Park.
August 19, 2020
City Councilor Michelle Wu Pitches ‘Green New Deal’ for Boston
"The climate crisis and our current public health crises are intertwined, and wrapped in a political system that relies on structural racism and injustice," says Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu. "We need to tackle all of these problems together in this moment: climate justice is racial and economic justice, and cities can lead the charge."
August 18, 2020
Brewery Landlord Sues to Block Housing for the Homeless, Because Parking
The Jamaica Plain landlord of Turtle Swamp Brewing is arguing that his tenant's "ability to find parking" on Washington Street is more important than housing over 200 homeless people.
August 11, 2020
Boston Tests the Waters for Cargo e-Bike Deliveries
By encouraging bike-powered deliveries, the city hopes “to counter the rise of vehicle traffic and ensuing air pollution tied to consumer preference for at-home delivery.”
August 3, 2020
Boston Proposes 2-Way Protected Bikeway for Mass. Ave. in Dorchester
In the city's proposal, the westernmost lane of Mass. Ave. would be converted into a protected bicycle path, separated from traffic with low concrete barriers.
July 27, 2020
Protected Bike Lanes Pop Up Around Boston Common
The first protected bike lanes of Boston's new "Healthy Streets" initiative have popped up on the wide multi-lane streets around Boston Common.
July 22, 2020
Boston to Fast-Track Cummins Highway Road Diet With Temporary Materials
In an effort to control reckless driving during the COVID-19 pandemic and road-test its road diet proposal, the City of Boston Public Works Department will use construction barriers to turn Cummins Highway in Mattapan into a two-lane street for the rest of this summer.
July 20, 2020
