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The new protected bike lane on Beacon Street in Somerville, pictured on June 26, 2019.

Somerville Seeks Feedback For City’s First Vision Zero Action Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

The draft plan also makes equity and data-driven accountability two guiding principles of its strategies, with a promise to 'acknowledge the disproportionate burden of traffic crashes on people of color.'

The city-owned Lafayette parking garage in Downtown Crossing.

City Data Show Almost All Of Boston’s New Housing Is Being Built For Car Owners

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

BPDA planners approved 59 new development projects that include the construction of 5,080 more parking spaces in the City of Boston.

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 Forest Hills-bound bus bypasses morning traffic on Washington Street in Roslindale. Photo courtesy of the City of Boston.

City Plans To Clone Roslindale’s Washington Street Bus Lane

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 21, 2020 | No Comments

An outbound bus-only lane to match the existing inbound lane is being planned for mid-2020.

Path Upgrades Under Discussion In Boston Common Master Plan

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Planners for the City of Boston are preparing a new master plan for the Boston Common under guiding principles that recognize that the park is an important crossroads for people walking between Back Bay, Beacon Hill and downtown Boston. City planners and consulting landscape architects are midway through a 2-year planning process to create a […]

The Massachusetts State House in downtown Boston.

Environmental and Labor Organizations Call For Corporate Taxes To Fund Transportation

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

Amid ongoing rumors of a state transportation funding bill being drafted in the Massachusetts State House, two broad coalitions of environmental justice and labor advocates have issued a detailed proposal to raise new revenues by closing corporate tax loopholes and getting a “fair share” from the large, profitable corporations that benefit most from an efficient […]

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