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Sen. Warren’s ‘Build Green’ Bill Seeks a Clean Shift in Transportation Spending
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May 15, 2024
Electric Backslide: Massachusetts On Track to Miss Its EV Goals By A Wide Margin
As of January 2024, there were only 66,000 zero-emission cars registered in Massachusetts, even though the state's climate roadmap relies on Bay State drivers buying 200,000 by 2025.
May 14, 2024
Oil Industry Shuts Down Interstate 95 In Connecticut
The driver of an gasoline tanker truck severed the busiest interstate highway in New England yesterday by turning their cargo into a firebomb that melted an overpass in Norwalk, Connecticut.
May 3, 2024
After Marathon Meeting, Cambridge City Council Narrowly Votes to Delay Street Safety Projects
Last night, after hours of public comment from hundreds of residents who overwhelmingly spoke out against the change, a narrow majority of Cambridge City Councilors endorsed a policy order that will delay bike and pedestrian safety improvements on several busy streets.
April 30, 2024
Close.City Maps Illustrate Inequalities of Access to Vital Services Across the Boston Region
On Friday April 5th, Nat Henry (@NatMakesMaps), Director and founder of Henry Spatial Analysis, launched “Close”, an interactive map that shows walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly neighborhoods across every block in the United States.
April 19, 2024
Guest Column: With Data, We Can Design Bus Stops to Make People Feel Happy
When you hear about a space designed to be accessible that has an oasis of felt plants, potted 20-foot-tall trees, and stenciled flowers, a bus stop is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.
December 27, 2023
Feds, Advocates Talk About What’s In The New MUTCD (And What Isn’t)!
The new MUTCD isn't the revolutionary rethink advocates were asking for, but it does offer transportation officials more flexibility to design roads safely. The only question is whether they'll take it — or stick to the status quo.
December 19, 2023
DOT’s New Emissions Rule is a Big Deal, Even if It Doesn’t Punish States for Polluting
No states will face penalties for building needless toxic road projects — but they also won't be able to hide those impacts from the public.
November 27, 2023
‘Cameras Don’t Have Guns’ – Boston’s Black Community Weighs In On Camera-Based Traffic Enforcement
As Massachusetts lawmakers continue to debate a legal framework for camera-based traffic law enforcement, a former Boston transit planner has compiled some useful advice from neighborhood leaders in Boston's Black communities.
November 16, 2023
Highway Boondoggles 2023: A Cape Cod Canard
It's not just the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges that's the problem — it's all the other highways that will turn Cape Cod into a parking lot.
November 13, 2023
