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MBTA, Cape Cod, and Vineyard Transit Authorities Win Federal Funding for Electric and Lower-Emission Buses
On Tuesday, the Federal Transit Administration announced it would give nearly $60 million to three Massachusetts public transit agencies to help finance new fleets of electric and hybrid-electric buses.
July 9, 2024
MassDOT Wins ‘Mega’ Grant for Sagamore Bridge Replacement
The following is adapted from a MassDOT press release.
December 18, 2023
MassDOT Tries Again – With Smaller Expectations – For Federal Megaproject Funding
Last year, Massachusetts submitted five applications for these discretionary grant programs, but did not receive funding for any.
August 22, 2023
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man On Route 6 In Wellfleet
Wellfleet police identified the victim as 59-year-old Jeffrey Richardson, from Brookfield, CT.
July 13, 2023
Provincetown Plans to Carve Up Its Freeway For a New Car-Free Path
Provincetown, located on the tip of Cape Cod, is already a renowned vacation destination in part because of its tight-knit, walkable downtown, where cars must creep at a slow walking pace behind throngs of pedestrians every summer, and its network of paved paths in the nearby Cape Cod National Seashore.
May 25, 2023
Washington Snubs MassDOT’s Proposed Cape Cod Highway Expansion
In addition to building new, 6-lane bridges over the Cape Cod Canal, MassDOT is also proposing to add more lanes to connecting highways like Route 6 and Sandwich Road, build a new mile-long bypass road, widen intersections, and build new highway-style interchanges on both sides of the canal.
January 5, 2023
Mass. Clean Energy Center Awards $3 Million to New E-Bike Subsidy Programs
The funding will help lower-income families buy e-bikes in Worcester, Cape Cod, and the Pioneer Valley, and will also fund an 18-month cargo bike delivery pilot program that will serve the Allston neighborhood of Boston.
March 9, 2022
South Coast Bikeway Would Create 60-Mile Path From Cape Cod to Providence
After decades of planning, a proposed 60-mile bike trail stretching from the Cape Cod canal to Providence, Rhode Island is starting to take shape with help from the South Coast Bike Alliance.
April 20, 2020
Wellfleet Debates Details Over Northern Extension of Cape Cod Rail Trail
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is moving forward with plans to extend the Cape Cod Rail Trail two miles northward into the town of Wellfleet, but the proposed trailhead on Route 6, the main highway through the outer Cape, is stirring up safety concerns about the busy highway that runs through Wellfleet's town center.
September 9, 2019
