Christian MilNeil
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Boston Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure 2 Children in 3 Days
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Boston drivers have hit and seriously injured two children in the past three days, and in both cases, the drivers fled from the scene without stopping to care for their victims. The first assault happened Wednesday morning, when 11-year-old Francis Nedwell disembarked from an MBTA bus with his aunt and mother on his way to […]
Environmentalists Press for All-Electric MBTA Bus Fleet By 2030
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"We’ve been pushing the T to set an ambitious deadline for electrification is because the T needs to make a plan for a new fleet, to get its garages modernized, and to make sure there’s enough funding available in the state budget," explained Veena Dharmaraj, Director of Transportation at the Massachusetts Sierra Club.
MassDOT Picks ‘At-Grade’ Option for Allston/I-90 Project
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The decision marks a critical milestone for the state’s massive Allston Multimodal Project, which has been in planning since 2014.
Derailment Crunches Red Line Train At Broadway Station
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The vehicle that derailed, identified as car number 01745, has been in service since the late 1980s.
More Stair Struggles: Back Bay Escalator Failure Injures 9
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On Sunday evening, an escalator failure at the MBTA’s Back Bay station sent nine people to the hospital, according to to Boston’s Emergency Medical Services.
Changing Course, T Plans Upgrades to Newton Rail Stations to Serve More Trains
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The MBTA is planning improvements to the City of Newton’s three rail stations to add additional platforms that can serve inbound and outbound trains at the same time – a major shift from earlier plans that would have retained the stations’ current single-platform configuration, which forces many Worcester Line trains to pass through the city […]
Eyes On the Street: Nubian Square’s New Bike Path
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The Boston Transportation Department is contemplating other projects for Warren Street and Malcolm X Boulevard that could extend the bike path and also create dedicated bus lanes for some of the city's busiest bus routes.
A First Look at the T’s Proposed ‘High-Frequency’ Bus Network
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The T's proposed network of high-frequency bus routes aims to serve more neighborhoods throughout the region with better bus service, with better connections to key employment centers.
Clark University Student Proposes Bus Network Redesign for Worcester
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Currently, WRTA buses run every 30 to 60 minutes, but Kalter thinks that the agency could potentially run buses on a simplified network every 10 minutes, 18 hours a day.
Photos: DCR’s Pedestrian Bridges Are Crumbling Away
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StreetsblogMASS surveyed several other pedestrian bridges over other DCR roadways and found extensive deferred maintenance issues on many of those structures as well.
Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge
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This week, while the City of Cambridge was finalizing its plans for separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in North Cambridge, city crews installed new pavement markings and flexible-post bollards to upgrade bike facilities on another segment of the same street, between Harvard and Central Squares. This project was also a response to the city’s […]
Cycling Safety Ordinance Will Bring New Bike, Bus Lanes to North Cambridge This Fall
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The city’s recommended design generally replaces existing on-street parking areas on Mass. Ave. to bike lanes, and converts one of the street's four motor vehicle lanes to a bus-only lane.