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Christian MilNeil

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The new Magoun Square Green Line station under construction, seen from Lowell Street. This station is on the longer Medford branch of the Green Line Extension, which is expected to open later this year.

Eyes On the Green Line: Somerville’s New Community Path Is Coming Together

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 21, 2022 | No Comments
The new Community Path Extension in Somerville is beginning to look like a usable trail, with new light fixtures and a base layer of pavement in place.
Atlantic Avenue at its intersection with Oliver Street and Seaport Boulevard in downtown Boston, showing pedestrians crossing the street in front of a large truck and the I-93 on-ramp in the distance.

MassDOT to Transfer Control of Downtown Greenway Streets Back to City of Boston

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 18, 2022 | No Comments
MassDOT's petition to transfer the streets back to the city's control was approved in a meeting of the Boston Public Improvements Commission on Thursday.
A MBTA trackless trolley bus leaves Harvard Square on Route 71. Photo by Adam E. Moreira, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

The T’s Zero-Emission Trolleybuses Are Headed for the Scrap Heap

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 17, 2022 | No Comments
The T wants to begin renovations on the North Cambridge garage, which currently houses the 35 electric trolleybuses that serve the 71 and 73, within the next year in order to support an all-new fleet of battery-electric buses by early 2024.
A before-and-after sketch of the City of Boston's proposed changes to Cummins Highway in Mattapan Square illustrates how the city plans to widen sidewalks, add trees, and reduce crossing distances for people walking to or from the neighborhoods west of the square. The design also includes physically protected bike lanes that would connect Cummins Highway to the Neponset Greenway across Blue Hill Avenue.

City of Boston Proposes Safety Improvements for Mattapan Square

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 16, 2022 | No Comments
To improve safety - particularly for the thousands of transit riders who pass through the square - the City of Boston's Transportation Department is proposing to close the wide right-turn slip lane in front of the Mattapan trolley terminal, widen sidewalks to reduce crosswalk distances, and add a new crosswalk across the Blue Hills Parkway to provide more direct access to the T station and the Neponset Greenway from the neighborhoods to the west.
Arborway project map

DCR Issues One More Call for Feedback on Arborway Redesign

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 14, 2022 | 1 Comment
A DCR spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS that a timeline for implementing the proposed changes in a construction project hasn't yet been determined.
A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

It’s Official: Boston, MBTA Announce Three Free Bus Routes for Mattapan and Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments
Mayor Wu joined MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak this morning to announce a formal agreement to make three bus routes in Dorchester and Mattapan fare-free for a two-year period, starting next month. “The three bus routes that the City of Boston has been working on in collaboration with the MBTA – the 23, the 28, […]
The new Twin Cities Rail Trail viaduct over Route 2 in Leominster. Courtesy of the Twin Cities Rail Trail Association.

New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Central and Western Mass. This Year

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 8, 2022 | 1 Comment
There are so many new trail projects in the works across Massachusetts that we had to split up our annual preview of new trails into two articles. Yesterday we offered a rundown of five new off-street multi-use pathways that are expected to open to traffic in eastern Massachusetts later this year. Today, we’re looking at […]
Joggers on the Somerville Community Path near Davis Square.

New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Eastern Mass. in 2022

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 7, 2022 | 1 Comment
From the Berkshires to Boston, construction crews are putting the finishing touches on a dozen new off-street biking and walking paths that are expected to open to traffic in 2022.
City of Boston Public Works Department workers clear snowbanks from a crosswalk outside of Symphony Hall in the aftermath of the blizzard of January 30, 2022.

Boston City Council Considers Expanded Municipal Sidewalk Snow Removal

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 2, 2022 | No Comments
"As a city that prioritizes and is proud of the fact that a lot of our people move around on foot, or on public transit, and on bicycles, we have to have a snow clearance program that takes that into account, and it's something that has been done in other cities," said Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok.
A pedestrian walks in the right lane of MassDOT's Route 18/Main Street in Weymouth because the sidewalks are buried in deep snowbanks.

MassDOT’s Complete Streets Philosophy Got Buried Under Massive Snowbanks This Weekend

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments
StreetsblogMASS asked MassDOT about its sidewalk snow removal policies, and an agency spokesperson made it clear that the agency generally doesn't consider itself responsible for clearing the sidewalks along the roadways it builds and maintains.
School Street in Natick, showing a car parked on the town's new asphalt sidewalk.

Natick’s New Sidewalks Look Suspiciously Like A Road Widening

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 31, 2022 | No Comments
A repaving project that affected several narrow residential streets in downtown Natick is causing some headaches for residents, because motor vehicle owners are mistaking the project’s new asphalt sidewalks as new on-street parking areas. “People are parking right in the sidewalk literally at the foot of my front steps, and we can’t get out (of […]
A bicycle storage car on the Cape Flyer train. Courtesy of the MBTA.

MBTA Board Updates: Bikes on Commuter Rail, Fare Changes, Budget Updates

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 27, 2022 | No Comments
Minor changes are coming to the T's fare policies, but advocates are still waiting to hear the agency's plans for a broad-based low-income fare.
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