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Buttigieg Presents to House Transport. Committee
March 26, 2021
Fare-Free Buses Gain Momentum on Beacon Hill
Two bills currently in the Massachusetts Senate would eliminate fare collection on some or all of the state's bus routes.
March 25, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
March 25, 2021
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
March 24, 2021
New ‘Controlling Criteria’ Will Require Sidewalks, Bike Lanes In State Road Projects
The newly-adopted controlling criteria for bike, pedestrian, and transit facilities lay out minimum standards to help ensure that all roadway users are considered from the beginning of a project's design process.
March 22, 2021
Bike Light Legislation Renews Debate Over Policing’s Role In Traffic Safety
"There are concerns we have that this would be enforced through police interactions, and we know those to be inherently inequitable, and that they lead to more drastic incidents for people of color."
March 19, 2021
Analysis: Bay State’s EV Rebate Program Overwhelmingly Benefits Wealthy Suburbanites
The Baker administration has spent $14 million to subsidize purchases of new Teslas, whose products are all categorized as “luxury” cars.
February 18, 2021
Baker’s Climate Plans Presume A Future With Lots of Driving
Governor Baker's climate plan focuses most of its attention on subsidizing electric car purchases, and generally dismisses the potential of reducing pollution with transit-oriented development or expanded transit services.
January 18, 2021
Data Confirm That More Fatal Crashes Happen in Commonwealth’s Black Neighborhoods
Of the 210 fatal car crashes in Massachusetts where a driver killed a bike rider or pedestrian between 2018 and 2020, a quarter of those killings occurred in neighborhoods where the Black population makes up a higher-than-average proportion of the neighborhood population, according to a Streetsblog analysis of MassDOT fatal crash records.
January 12, 2021
Biden Admin. Appoints Pete Buttigieg for Sec. of Transportation
Buttigieg will have a major responsibility in making sure the Biden administration meets its climate goals.
December 15, 2020
