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Driver Kills Northampton Resident In Damon Road Homicide Crash
MassDOT's crash records indicate that there has been a significant increase in crashes on Damon Road since the agency completed a road-widening project in 2024.
September 9, 2026
You Can Blame Fossil Fuels for Delaying Northampton’s Main Street Renovation
A long-awaited project to widen sidewalks, improve public spaces, and install protected bike lanes along Main Street in downtown Northampton will have to wait one more year because Eversource, the local methane gas utility company, did not accurately record the locations of its underground pipes.
April 28, 2026
Fair Share Funds Will Keep ValleyBike Growing In Western Mass.
A new "Microtransit and Last Mile Transit Grant" program, funded with $10 million in Fair Share revenues from last year's supplemental state budget, will help cover operations costs and potential expansion of the ValleyBike regional bikesharing network in Hampshire and Hampden Counties.
March 31, 2026
Link413 Launches Three New Bus Routes Linking North Adams, Pittsfield, Greenfield, and Northampton
The new "Link413" service – named for the western Massachusetts area code – has officially launched its three new long-distance bus routes across the Berkshire Mountains to link three different Regional Transit Authority service areas.
January 29, 2026
More Buses to the Berkshires Coming In 2026
Link413, a partnership between three regional transit authorities, will introduce three longer-distance bus routes to connect North Adams, Pittsfield, Greenfield, and Northampton.
December 17, 2025
Friday Video: The Massachusetts Company That Traded the Trash Truck For a Bike
This small worker-owned cooperative is reimagining how to do recycling, composting, yardwork and more — no diesel required.
August 28, 2025
ValleyBike System Wins $1 Million Clean Transportation Grant
The state's second-biggest bikesharing system is planning to add 6-8 new stations, including an expansion into the City of Westfield.
April 10, 2025
Northampton Bikeway to Close This November For Repair Work
Editor's note: This article is adapted from a City of Northampton press release.
October 23, 2024
Resurrected ValleyBike Will Return Bikesharing to Greater Springfield and Northampton On Monday
ValleyBike, the regional bikesharing system that spans from the UMass Amherst campus to the City of Springfield, has set a new August 12 launch date to reopen after a year-long hiatus.
July 29, 2024
ValleyBike Bikeshare Will Return This Month After Year-Long Hiatus
ValleyBike, the regional bikesharing system that spans from the UMass Amherst campus to the City of Springfield, will reopen for business under a new operator before the end of May, according to officials from the City of Northampton.
May 2, 2024