Christian MilNeil
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Mayor Wu’s First Budget Proposal Features Bus Lane Projects, Safer Streets, and Transit-Oriented Housing
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The proposed budget is an "unprecedented investment because this is an unprecedented moment," Mayor Wu told her cabinet members and City Councilors at a breakfast presentation in City Hall Wednesday morning.
Cambridge Officials Propose Protected Bike Lanes on Most of Mass. Ave. By 2026
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At tonight’s Cambridge City Council meeting, city officials will consider a plan to build out physically-protected bike lanes on most of Massachusetts Avenue north of Harvard Square by the end of 2026. The city’s updated Cycling Safety Ordinance requires the city to install quick-build protected bike lanes on much of Massachusetts Avenue by May 1 […]
Councilors Vote to Delete Minimum Parking Rules From Cambridge Zoning Code
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In a committee meeting earlier this week, a majority of City Councilors endorsed a policy order calling on the city to eliminate minimum parking requirements from its zoning rules. The policy order was initiated by freshman City Councilor Burhan Azeem, who was inaugurated to the Council in January after focusing extensively on housing and transit […]
Mayor Wu Targets All-Electric School Bus Fleet By 2030
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Boston Public Schools (BPS) will by 20 electric buses within the next 8 to 10 months, using funds from the school system’s operating budget and from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Bedford Town Meeting Narrowly Rejects Long-Planned Reformatory Branch Trail Upgrades
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The Reformatory Branch is currently an unimproved and frequently muddy pathway for most of its length, and is only accessible to able-bodied hikers and mountain bikers.
Arlington Makes Plans to Connect Minuteman, Mystic River Paths
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The Town of Arlington is soliciting feedback on a possible new multi-use path that would connect the Alewife Brook Greenway to Arlington Center and the Minuteman Bike Path along the Mystic River waterfront. The proposed path would run about 1.7 miles along the Mystic River and its Mill Brook tributary. Starting from the Minuteman Path […]
A Fix for Chronic Transit Funding Shortfalls Could Be Up To the Voters This Fall
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It’s become an annual rite of spring: transit agencies across Massachusetts are examining blooms of red ink in their budgets for the next fiscal year, and wondering whether state lawmakers will step in and give them the funding they need to avoid service cuts. This year, though, voters may be able to take matters into […]
Advocates Rally for E-Bike Legislation at Mass. State House
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On Wednesday afternoon, a crowd of bike advocates and elected officials gathered on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to urge lawmakers to follow the example of 46 other states and formalize a new legal definition of and regulatory framework for pedal-assist electric bicycles. “E-bikes are here and they’re increasingly popular,” said Rep. Steven […]
Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End
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Work is now underway on two street reconstruction projects that will improve bike connections to the Southwest Corridor.
In 2021, Most Massachusetts Pedestrian Killings Were Concentrated In Just 12 Communities
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A new WalkBoston analysis of pedestrian deaths during 2021 found that most fatal crashes that killed pedestrians last year were concentrated in only 12 cities and towns across the Commonwealth, and that older adults were disproportionately represented among the victims. In 2021, at least 75 pedestrians lost their lives in traffic crashes in Massachusetts, according […]
What’s In the T’s New 5-Year Construction Plan
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The T's new capital budget includes funding for new platforms on the Green Line's E Branch, upgrades to the commuter rail network, and the agency's first big order of battery-electric buses.
Photos: The Green Line Extension’s Opening Day
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Photos from the first day of operation on the Green Line's new branch to Union Square in Somerville.