Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Street Design

New development, new sidewalks, and new protected bike lanes line Washington Street in Brookline Village. The town is moving forward with a proposal to set aside one lane in each direction on the newly-reconstructed street as dedicated bus lanes for the MBTA's route 60, 65, and 66 buses.

A Roundup of Holdups

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 5, 2021 | No Comments

Updates on bus lanes in Brookline, the Bruce Freeman bridge in Concord, Orange Line slow zones, and more.

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Eyes On the Street: A Quick Ride on Boston’s New Transitway

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 3, 2021 | No Comments

Boston’s new center-running bus lanes are open for business in Roxbury, and they’re already delivering major benefits to pedestrian and transit riders along Columbus Avenue between Franklin Park and the Jackson Square Orange Line stop. StreetsblogMASS visited the new bus lanes on Wednesday morning to try them out. The 0.7 mile ride went by remarkably […]

Bike traffic on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge heading towards Cambridge on the evening of August 4, 2021.Bike traffic on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge heading towards Cambridge on the evening of August 4, 2021.

Advocates Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. Bridge Before Year’s End

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 28, 2021 | No Comments

The coalition's proposed design, which could be implemented with paint and flexposts before the end of the year, would remove one motor vehicle lane to provide more space for the bridge's bike lanes.

A rendering illustrates the City of Boston's proposal to add a two-way protected bikeway on Massachusetts Avenue between Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbia Road in Dorchester. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Dorchester’s Mass. Ave. Bikeway Project Delayed ‘Til 2022

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 27, 2021 | No Comments

In an email to project stakeholders on Wednesday afternoon, the Boston Transportation Department announced that its contractor would not begin work on the project until 2022.

Newly painted, center-running bus lanes on Columbus Ave. near Jackson Square in Boston, pictured on Sept. 1, 2021. The new busway is expected to open later this month.

Boston’s New Columbus Ave. Busway Opens This Saturday

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 26, 2021 | No Comments

The region's first center-running bus transitway, on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury, will open this Saturday, October 30.

A Type 8 Green Line train derailed from newly-installed tracks on the E Branch near Heath Street on Tuesday evening, October 19, 2021. Photo courtesy of Ari Ofsevit.

Could Fixing the E Branch Finally Bring the Green Line Back To Jamaica Plain?

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 26, 2021 | No Comments

"Several options are under consideration for the alignment of the Green Line tracks and the reconfiguration of Heath St. Station - one of these is a dedicated transit corridor along Huntington Ave. that would be used by both Green Line trains and buses," says an MBTA official.

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