Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Bus lanes

To facilitate bus shuttles during a year-long closure of the Green Line between Lechmere and North Station, MassDOT is proposing to convert two lanes of Charles River Dam Road near the Boston Museum of Science to bus-only lanes. Image courtesy of MassDOT.

Bus-Only Lanes Coming to Charles River Dam Road

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

A year ago, Charles River Dam Road had no dedicated space for buses or bikes; when these new bus lanes open at the end of May, more than half of the roadway will have been set aside for sustainable modes of transportation.

A City of Boston rendering illustrates the center-running bus lane concept for Blue Hill Avenue near Walk Hill Street. Under the plan, bus lanes and dedicated stations would run in the middle of the street, away from double-parked cars and turning vehicles. Pedestrian crossings would also be significantly shorter. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

What’s in Mayor Walsh’s 2021 Streets Budget?

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 10, 2020 | No Comments

The Mayor's budget proposal advances major bus-priority projects on Warren Street, Blue Hill Avenue, and on Summer Street in the Seaport, while also supporting ongoing work for new protected bike routes and sidewalk upgrades across the city.

Talking Headways Podcast: Great Bus Streets, Featuring Boston’s Lindiwe Rennert

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

This week's podcast features Lindiwe Rennert, a Boston transit planner, who chats about her work on the Warren Street corridor.

Boston Pitches Major Transit-Focused Redesign For Blue Hill Ave.

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 5, 2020 | 2 Comments

Because the vast majority of Blue Hill Avenue's neighbors identify as people of color, the addition of high-quality bus lanes and stations could offer a major improvement to inequities in the city's bus network, where black bus riders currently spend, on average, 64 more hours every year traveling than white bus riders.

Blue Hill Avenue facing south towards Mattapan in August 2016.

Thursday: Boston Hosts Events On Blue Hill Ave., ‘Connect Downtown’ Projects

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 27, 2020 | No Comments

City of Boston planners have scheduled two separate public meetings next Thursday, March 5 to present their progress on two major street safety projects: a transit-focused redesign of Blue Hill Avenue in the southern part of the city, and the “Connect Downtown/Southwest Corridor Extension” project, which is aiming to improve bike and pedestrian access into […]

MBTA workers replace rail inside the Haymarket Orange Line station in 2020. Courtesy of the MBTA.

The Green Line Is Taking A Summer Break

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments

The C and E branches will each close for a month this summer to accelerate track work and intersection upgrades. Will MassDOT give buses the space they need to pick up the slack?

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