Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America
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Focusing on equity instead of revenue collection is a key toward ensuring a successful congestion pricing plan, transportation experts found.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Traffic congestion
An Updated Rough Guide To Boston’s Allston/I-90 Megaproject
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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.
New Census Data Suggests Growing Transit Use Statewide – but Not in Boston or Cambridge
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In Boston, an estimated 32.2 of workers used the T to commute in 2018, compared to 34 percent in 2014.
Awful Commutes Have Biotech Workers Seeking Greener Pastures
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Highly-paid life sciences workers have a keen financial interest in not wasting their valuable time stuck in traffic.
Addressing the Climate Emergency Could Deliver A Big Payday to Transit
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At a public workshop in Chelsea Tuesday evening, Massachusetts officials said that they are committed to improving air quality and funding better transit options, particularly in low-income and racially diverse communities, while they design a new “cap and invest” program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. Twelve states and the District of […]
New MassDOT Congestion Study Offers Few New Solutions
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An overdue MassDOT study of statewide traffic congestion confirms what many already knew: that crowded roads, buses and trains are pushing the Boston region's transportation system to a "tipping point" where travel times are highly unreliable.