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Christian MilNeil

A concept plan shows a grid of new streets – most of which are 4-5 lanes wide – overlaid on top of the vacant triangle of land between Cambridge Street and I-90 in Allston. Four new streets, labelled (from west to east) Seattle St. Connector, Stadium Way Connector, Cattle Drive Connector, and East Drive Connector – would run north-south from I-90 to Cambridge Street. Four other streets would run east-west, roughly parallel to I-90 and the Worcester Line train tracks: two streets are essentially frontage roads for I-90, the northerly (eastbound) which is labelled "Lincoln St. Connector". A block north is a street labelled "Cambridge St. South." And in the northeastern tip of the triangle, running only between Stadium Way Connector and Soldiers Field Road, is a street labelled "Hotel Way"

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Highways

Allston Project’s Next Challenge: Keeping the Turnpike’s Traffic Jams Out of A New ‘Transit-Oriented’ Neighborhood

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The Climate Emergency

Climate Chief Wants MassDOT To Start Treating the Climate Emergency Like an Actual Emergency

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Environment

Bill McKibben Talks About Why the ‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Is Only the Beginning

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Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Spotlights Climate Issues In First Meeting As MassDOT Board Chair

Flooding on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester during a "king tide" event

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Street Design

On Morrissey Boulevard, A Flood of Plans, But Little Action

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The T’s New 5-Year Capital Budget Puts Climate Progress In A Slow Zone

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Elections and Politics

Healey Admin. Recruits Transit Justice Leader to Lead MBTA’s Safety Oversight Agency

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Attorney General Maura Healey speaks at an event launching her campaign for governor outside the Maverick Blue Line station earlier this year.

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Gov. Healey’s Inauguration Speech Touches on Housing, Transportation, Climate

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Research: Scooters Cut Car Travel and Emissions More Than Previously Thought

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New Climate Policies Target the Commonwealth’s Worst Polluter: MassDOT

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