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Healey Administration Awards $8.6 Million in MassTrails Grants – Here’s What’s Getting Funded
Trail advocates from all over the Commonwealth gathered yesterday at the Rauscher Farm in Clinton, next to a future segment of the Mass Central Rail Trail, as state officials announced this year's round of MassTrails grants to support the planning, design, and construction of new trails all over the state.
June 25, 2026
Driver Kills Man On Bike in Framingham
The Middlesex District Attorney's office is pressing charges against a driver who is suspected of killing a man who was riding his bike at the intersection of Concord Street and Gorman Road Wednesday morning.
November 20, 2025
New Trails We Can Look Forward To In 2025
In the past year, Massachusetts trailbuilders cut the ribbon on about 15 miles' worth of new car-free bike and pedestrian trails.
December 30, 2024
MassTrails Program Grants $12 Million for 65 Trail Projects Statewide
On Friday, state and municipal officials from across the Commonwealth convened near the Upper Charles Trail in downtown Holliston to announce $12 million worth of grants that will fund dozens of trail design, construction, and maintenance projects across Massachusetts.
June 24, 2024
T Sees Increased Worcester Line Ridership After Sacrificing ‘Heart to Hub’ Express
A schedule change that sacrificed a daily Boston-to-Worcester express train for one that makes more stops in suburban MetroWest communities appears to have helped the MBTA attract hundreds of additional riders.
April 17, 2024
New Year, No Fares: Beacon Hill Bankrolls Dozens of Free Bus Routes Statewide
The state budget that lawmakers passed last summer is bankrolling a major expansion in popular fare-free bus routes across the entire Commonwealth this winter.
January 5, 2024
3 Major MetroWest Trail Projects Are Under Construction In 2023
Before the end of the decade, it should be possible to travel between Lowell, Marlborough, and Waltham almost entirely on off-street pathways.
March 7, 2023
From Framingham to Lowell, Progress Continues on a 25-Mile Bike Path Through Boston’s Western Suburbs
Additional trail sections to extend the trail further south, towards Framingham, and further north, towards downtown Lowell, are in the planning stages.
June 28, 2022
MassDOT’s Complete Streets Philosophy Got Buried Under Massive Snowbanks This Weekend
StreetsblogMASS asked MassDOT about its sidewalk snow removal policies, and an agency spokesperson made it clear that the agency generally doesn't consider itself responsible for clearing the sidewalks along the roadways it builds and maintains.
January 31, 2022
Travel Guide: Wayland’s Aqueducts and the New Cochituate Rail Trail
I initially stumbled on the Cochituate Rail Trail in Framingham by chance last year. Since then, two substantial bridges over major roadways were craned in, and earlier this fall, the trail’s new extension into Natick Center officially opened to the public.
Juliana Cherston
November 6, 2021
