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Temporary fencing lines the sidewalk on the DCR-controlled approach to the Beades Bridge. Google Street View imagery suggests that the temporary fencing has been there for nearly 8 years. Photo by Tony Dutzik.

Internal Email Raises Safety Concerns for Dorchester’s Beades Bridge

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

After Boston University professor David Jones of Milton died on a MassDOT-owned staircase next to the JFK/UMass Red Line station last fall, the Deputy Chief Engineer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) flagged his concerns about another poorly-maintained bridge in the neighborhood: the Beades drawbridge on Morrissey Boulevard. Internal email discussions in the […]

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Wednesday’s Headlines Are Almost Here

By Blake Aued | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

A Green Line extension in Boston is among 22 transit projects expected to open in 2022, along with others in L.A., San Francisco, Milwaukee, Seattle and more.

Chelsea bus lane installation on Broadway

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Op-Ed: Why We Are Relaunching the ‘Future of Transportation’ Caucus

By Jesús "Chuy" García, Mark Takano, and Ayanna Pressley | Jan 24, 2022 | No Comments

We are relaunching the Future of Transportation Caucus because our work to build more equitable, accessible, and sustainable transportation systems is far from finished and we cannot miss this opportunity to deliver for our communities.

Brown University Students Launch ‘Waze for Safe Bike Routes’

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

"Our overall goal is to get more people on the road and help them find safer routes that feel comfortable."

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

City of Springfield Proposes Road Diet, Traffic Calming for Deadly Downtown Block

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

State Street in Springfield ranks as one of the Commonwealth's deadliest streets, and it runs through the middle of the city's historically Black neighborhoods. A city proposal would introduce measures to calm traffic, but it's limited to just one block on the edge of the city's downtown.

Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Photo by John Phelan, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0.

DCR Announces Scaled-Back Memorial Drive Road Diet for 2024

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

The latest proposal, as described in the ENF, would reconstruct a 0.8-mile length of Memorial Drive and its multi-use pathways between the Eliot Bridge and the Anderson Bridge (JFK Street).

New State Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near T Stops

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), a public regional planning agency based in Boston, estimates that the proposed guidelines would collectively create a zoning capacity for 344,000 multifamily housing units across the region.

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RETURN TO SENDER: USPS Decarbonization Plan is Weak, Say Advocates

By Kea Wilson | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

Sustainability leaders are furious at the United States Postal Service for dragging its feet on ditching gas-powered mail trucks and other vehicles — and the agency doesn't seem to be seriously considering non-automotive mail delivery options, either.

A makeshift memorial to Marshall Mac, a 72-year-old Vietnam War veteran, who died after a hit-and-run driver struck him on McGrath Highway near Foss Park in Somerville.

2021 Was A Record-Breaking Year For Deaths on Massachusetts Roadways

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

At least 408 people died in crashes in Massachusetts during 2021, making it the deadliest year on Massachusetts roadways in over a decade.

Two Green Line trains collided on Commonwealth Avenue on the evening of Friday, July 30, 2021. Courtesy of the Boston Fire Department.

Outgoing DA Rollins Launches Criminal Investigation Into MBTA Safety

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 7, 2022 | No Comments

"When their acts and omissions put the safety of community members and their own employees at risk, sometimes the only means of driving change is through the courts, and public demands for action," said DA Rollins in a statement announcing the criminal probe.