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City of Newton Plans Protected Bike Lanes, Road Diet For Washington Street
The City of Newton is soliciting feedback for the design of new protected bike lanes and other traffic-calming safety improvements along a 0.75-mile stretch of Washington Street between West Newton and Newtonville.Washington Street is currently a four-lane roadway that runs alongside the Worcester Line regional rail tracks and the Massachusetts Turnpike. Long stretches of Washington Street lack sidewalks along its southern curb, where there is a well-worn track in the dirt between the street and the railroad embankment.
December 15, 2023
MassDOT Wins More Federal Funds to Plan Increased Boston-Albany Amtrak Service
Last week, the Biden administration's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $500,000 grant to MassDOT to plan for additional Amtrak service between Boston and Albany.
December 11, 2023
Eyes On the Street: West Roxbury’s New Protected Bike Lanes
Thanks to friend-of-Streetsblog Peter Cheung for getting this video clip of the new protected bike lanes on Centre Street in West Roxbury during last weekend's Brothers On Bikes group ride:
December 4, 2023
New North Washington Street Bridge Will Partially Open In December
A construction project that has dragged on longer the entire existence of Streetsblog Massachusetts is reaching a major milestone next month, when traffic between the North End and Charlestown will start using part of the new North Washington Street Bridge.
November 27, 2023
Night and Weekend Track Work Removes 9 More Slow Zones From the Red Line
This article is adapted from an MBTA press release.
November 21, 2023
Governor Healey Promotes Transit Advocate Monica Tibbits-Nutt to Run MassDOT
Editor's note: The following is a lightly-edited press release from the Office of Governor Healey.
November 13, 2023
TransitMatters Analysis Confirms Success of Last Month’s Red Line Track Work
Last month, the MBTA closed the Ashmont and Mattapan branches of the Red Line for 16 days to repair tracks with the goal of eliminating persistent slow zones in the area.
November 7, 2023
Eyes On the Street: Posts Replace Cones on Mass. Ave. Bridge
It's been almost two years since MassDOT widened the busy bike lanes on the Harvard Bridge (also known as the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge) with orange construction cones.
October 26, 2023
Somerville Voters Approve Bike Lanes, Bus Stop Improvements In Participatory Budget
Earlier this week, Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced that five projects would receive nearly $1 million in city funding in the City of Somerville’s first-ever Participatory Budgeting process.
October 26, 2023
T Will Make Fairmount Free During Upcoming Red Line Closure In Dorchester
This article has been adapted from an MBTA press release.
September 27, 2023
