Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Springfield

An Amtrak Lake Shore Limited train passes through Chester, Mass. Photo by Benjamin Turon, licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license.

MassDOT Will Revisit Its East-West Rail Ridership Projections

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 2, 2020 | No Comments

A coalition of regional planning groups wrote that the East-West passenger rail study's low ridership projections "require more explanation, clarity and re-analysis."

Advocates Spotlight Strange Math In MassDOT East-West Rail Study

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

MassDOT believes that adding more passenger rail service between Springfield and Boston would cost more than twice as much – and attract fewer than one fifth as many riders – as a similar higher-speed rail upgrade on the Hartford Line between Springfield and New Haven.

State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts State House.

Rep. Sabadosa: Western Massachusetts Needs Transit Funding, Too

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 22, 2020 | No Comments

State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton, a Democratic member of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation, is pressing for a dedicated source of state funds for the fifteen transit authorities that operate outside of the Boston metropolitan area as lawmakers debate details of a new transportation funding bill this month. In a phone interview with […]

A ValleyBike station on the UMass-Amherst campus. Courtesy of the University of Massachusetts.

ValleyBike Demonstrates Viability of Bike Sharing In Smaller Cities

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

Pedal-assist electric bicycles help users cover longer distances in a more rural part of the state.

An Amtrak Vermonter train arrives at the John W. Olver Transit Center in Greenfield, MA. Courtesy of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments.

Pioneer Valley Rail Advocates Celebrate New ‘Valley Flyer’ Service

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 30, 2019 | No Comments

Rail advocates in western Massachusetts are celebrating the inaugural run today of a new Amtrak service that will afford Pioneer Valley residents and visitors better daily connections to and from New York City. The new “Valley Flyer” service will triple Amtrak’s daily frequency through the Pioneer Valley. It supplements the existing Vermonter route, which runs […]