From Mattapan, Mayor Janey Announces Fare-Free 28 Bus Pilot Program
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The pilot will begin on August 29th and last until November 29th.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Roxbury
Does A Fare-Free 28 Also Need to Pay For A Free RIDE?
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“Giving primarily white and wealthy transit riders a free trip, while forcing primarily Black and low income riders to jump through hoops to access similar fare-free service, is exactly what structural racism looks like," says Stacy Thompson, executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance.
Boston, MBTA to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes to Ruggles
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The new center-running busway with dedicated platforms will speed bus services along Boston's highest-ridership bus corridor.
Plan for Franklin Park Would Ban Cars From Circuit Drive
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"We want to elevate multimodal routes for bikes and pedestrians," said Lydia Gikas Cook, a landscape architect working on the plan, on Wednesday.
City of Boston Cancels Melnea Cass Boulevard Reconstruction
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"One of the things I’m very grateful for is how we realized how everybody cares about trees – we just need to make people aware, and they respond... This was just the right moment for (the city) to pay attention, and it worked. I’m inspired by the trees," says Yvonne Lalyre, a organizer with the Friends of Melnea Cass.
Saturday: ‘Celebration of Life’ Ride Aims to Bring Black Men Together on Bikes
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Black men and other men of color are being invited to reflect, mourn, and heal together in a “Celebration of Life” bike ride through Roxbury this Saturday. Organizer James Adius Pierre, a lifelong Cambridge resident, says that the ride is inspired by the summer’s unrest and the August 28 anniversary of the March on Washington. […]
Melnea Cass Project Spotlights Value of Street Trees
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Because the project is already under contract between MassDOT and Newport, the City of Boston has limited influence. But city officials say that they are working with MassDOT to pursue possible "change orders" to the agreement.
Guest Column: 'Walking School Buses' Need To Be Part of Reopening Plans
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A Walking School Bus program would conservatively save one school about $200,000 a year in student transportation costs – and that’s without counting other benefits like cleaner air near schools, safer neighborhood streets, and healthier students.
Boston Pitches Major Transit-Focused Redesign For Blue Hill Ave.
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Because the vast majority of Blue Hill Avenue's neighbors identify as people of color, the addition of high-quality bus lanes and stations could offer a major improvement to inequities in the city's bus network, where black bus riders currently spend, on average, 64 more hours every year traveling than white bus riders.
Reconstruction of High-Crash Melnea Cass Boulevard Delayed to 2020
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Construction of a long-planned safety project for the Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury has been delayed until 2020, according to MassDOT, and won’t be complete until 2024. Melnea Cass Boulevard, which extends from Columbus Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue in Roxbury, ranks among the city’s most dangerous road segments. Its junction with Massachusetts Avenue near Boston […]