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Eyes On the Street: Columbus Ave. Busway, Almost Ready to Ride
Workers are putting the finishing touches on the new Columbus Avenue center-running busway, which is expected to open for service later this month, according to MBTA officials.
September 6, 2021
Good2Go Brings Equitable, All-Electric Carsharing to Roxbury
Good2Go is offering its cars from three locations for now: the Roxbury Community College parking lot (pictured above), a City of Boston municipal parking lot at 737 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, and a parking lot at the new Bartlett Place affordable housing development near Nubian Square.
July 29, 2021
From Mattapan, Mayor Janey Announces Fare-Free 28 Bus Pilot Program
The pilot will begin on August 29th and last until November 29th.
July 26, 2021
Does A Fare-Free 28 Also Need to Pay For A Free RIDE?
“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.
June 16, 2021
Boston, MBTA to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes to Ruggles
The new center-running busway with dedicated platforms will speed bus services along Boston's highest-ridership bus corridor.
April 1, 2021
Plan for Franklin Park Would Ban Cars From Circuit Drive
"We want to elevate multimodal routes for bikes and pedestrians," said Lydia Gikas Cook, a landscape architect working on the plan, on Wednesday.
March 10, 2021
City of Boston Cancels Melnea Cass Boulevard Reconstruction
"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.
January 21, 2021
Saturday: ‘Celebration of Life’ Ride Aims to Bring Black Men Together on Bikes
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.
October 23, 2020
Melnea Cass Project Spotlights Value of Street Trees
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.
September 28, 2020
Guest Column: ‘Walking School Buses’ Need To Be Part of Schools’ Reopening Plans
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.
September 9, 2020
