Brookline
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A Roundup of Holdups
Updates on bus lanes in Brookline, the Bruce Freeman bridge in Concord, Orange Line slow zones, and more.
November 5, 2021
Eyes on the Street: New Trail, Bike Projects Connect the Fenway
Currently in the works: a new off-street, multi-use pathway to the Fenway Green Line stop, new flexpost-protected bike lanes on Boylston Street, and a refurbished Carlton Street footbridge to Brookline.
September 2, 2021
MBTA Will Paint 4.8 Miles of New Bus Lanes This Summer
The MBTA has reached agreements with the cities of Boston, Somerville, Revere, Malden, Lynn, and the Town of Brookline to paint roughly 4.8 miles of new dedicated bus lanes this summer in an effort to improve bus service reliability as traffic congestion comes roaring back in the wake of the pandemic.
June 28, 2021
Brookline Considers Bus Lanes For Its Biggest Transit Bottleneck
The proposal would benefit the town's busiest bus corridor, a heavily-congested bottleneck where three busy bus routes converge near the Boston border.
December 23, 2020
Among Elected Officials, A Strong Consensus Against I-90 Viaduct On the Charles River
"Consensus is an ideal rarely reached in our field; there is, however, significant convergence on the Modified At-Grade (option) as the preferred design approach," writes Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.
November 6, 2020
MassTrails Program Announces $4 Million in Grants for 55 Trail Projects
This year's MassTrails grants will distribute about $4 million to 55 trail projects across the state.
July 31, 2020
Brookline Boards Endorse Car Lane Closures to Give Pedestrians More Space
The town will close on-street parking lanes on Brookline Avenue, Longwood Avenue, and Harvard Street, plus one motor vehicle travel lane on Beacon Street in the vicinity of Coolidge Corner.
April 8, 2020
Brookline to Prioritize Moving People Over Single-Occupant Vehicles
Brookline's town meeting this month voted to set ambitious benchmarks for moving more people by sustainable modes of transport by 2030.
December 26, 2019
Brookline Advocates Aim to Restore Olmsted’s Vision On Beacon Street
Earlier this month, on a beautiful Saturday morning, a group of Brookline neighbors who have been organizing as the "Friends of the Beacon Street Bridleway" laid a strip of tape along the pavement and invited people to experience, for the first time in decades, a car-free "bridle path" in the middle of Beacon Street.
May 28, 2019
