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Orange Line bus shuttles wait on Rutherford Avenue to make the turn into the Community College station on the morning on Monday, October 21, after a construction accident during weekend track work delayed the reopening of the Orange Line into midday Monday. Photo courtesy of Ari Ofsevit.

Advocates Demand Better Emergency Response Plans For Subway Failures

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 24, 2019 | No Comments

This Monday, for the second time this year, commuters woke up to the unexpected rush-hour closure of a subway line after delays to weekend track work kept the Orange Line’s downtown tunnel closed well into Monday afternoon. The T diverted riders onto shuttle buses running between Sullivan Square and Haymarket, and asked riders to crowd […]

The site of the future West Station, seen from the Cambridge Street overpass in Allston. A realignment of the Massachusetts Turnpike through this area is poised to touch off a massive urban development scheme on the vacant Harvard-owned lands visible in the distance.

An Updated Rough Guide To Boston’s Allston/I-90 Megaproject

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

Since 2013, the state's leading transportation agencies have been planning a massive reconfiguration of Interstate 90, Soldiers Field Road and the Framingham/Worcester railroad line along the Charles River waterfront in Allston.

Mayor Walsh’s Climate Plan: City Must Cut Car Use In Half By 2030

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 11, 2019 | 1 Comment

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh released his updated “Climate Action Plan” this week to move the city towards its target of cutting citywide greenhouse gas pollution in half within the next decade, and the plan makes it clear that the city’s transportation policies will need to become much, much more ambitious. The updated climate plan shows […]

A sketch of the bus and bike lane improvements that the City of Somerville implemented on Broadway this summer. Courtesy of the City of Somerville.

Drivers Lash Out As Bus Riders Sail Through Somerville

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 10, 2019 | No Comments

New bus lanes on Broadway – the region's first all-day, bi-directional dedicated bus lanes outside of the Silver Line – are under fire.

An MBTA Route 111 bus bound for Haymarket Station uses the new inbound bus lane on North Washington Street on October 9, 2019.

Haymarket Bus Riders Get A New Bus Lane

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 10, 2019 | No Comments

When it's complete in 2023, the new North Washington Street Bridge will include its own dedicated bus lane that will connect to the city's new facility, as well as separated bike lanes and wider sidewalks.

The I-93 carpool lane in Somerville, pictured in 2013. Courtesy of MassDOT.

Lawsuit: State Illegally Eliminated Carpool Lane On I-93

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 8, 2019 | No Comments

The Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston-based environmental group, has filed its intent to sue MassDOT over its decision to let single-occupant vehicles into a transit and carpool lane on Interstate 93 north of Boston earlier this year. “Since the early 1990s, the I-93 HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) southbound lane, which is a 2.6-mile lane from Medford […]

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