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A "short-term" safety improvement plan dated from May 2018 shows proposed traffic-calming elements for the junction of Mount Auburn Street and Fresh Pond Parkway in Cambridge. Source: Mount Auburn Street Corridor Study.

DCR Reportedly Backpedaling On Planned Cambridge Safety Project

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

A proposed road diet for Gerry's Landing Road that would have reclaimed state parkland for recreational uses has been postponed so that DCR can prioritize car traffic.

The Massachusetts State House in downtown Boston.

State Senate Calls For Fees On Transportation-Related Climate Pollution By 2022

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 31, 2020 | No Comments

The Senate bill calls on Massachusetts to reduce emissions 50 percent below 1990 levels within the next ten years, and sets a January 2022 deadline for the state to start taxing emissions from cars and trucks.

The future downtown segment of the Columbia Greenway rail trail in Westfield, seen from an existing bike and pedestrian bridge in the city's riverfront park. A project currently under construction will extend the trail half a mile through the heart of downtown Westfield. Courtesy of the Friends of the Columbia Greenway.

Westfield Breaks Ground On Columbia Greenway Extension

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 30, 2020 | No Comments

A new trail link in the city of Westfield will extend a network of rail trails that leads all the way to New Haven, Connecticut.

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.'

Study: Apartments With Free Parking Reduce Transit Ridership

By Kea Wilson | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

If your home comes with a free parking spot, you'll probably use it.

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.

An city worker prepares new signage on Market Street in downtown San Francisco in advance of the street's closure to private cars. Courtesy of SFMTA.

San Francisco Gears Up for ‘Car-Free’ Market Street

By Roger Rudick | Jan 28, 2020 | No Comments

Next week, on Wed., Jan. 29, private cars will be banned from Market Street, one of the principal streets in downtown San Francisco.

The Blue Hill Avenue Fairmount Line stop, pictured in spring 2019. Courtesy of the MBTA.

MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 28, 2020 | No Comments

Today’s meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) advanced several initiatives to improve bus and commuter rail service, and also discussed Governor Baker’s new budget proposal. More Fairmount Line service approved The FMCB unanimously endorsed a one-year pilot project, proposed by the City of Boston, to add additional service to the Fairmount […]

A double-parked Lyft driver waits outside of the South Station bus terminal on Thursday, August 8, 2019.

Fees On Uber and Lyft Accelerate Local Sustainable Transport Projects

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 27, 2020 | No Comments

Fees on Silicon Valley's double-parking, bike lane-blocking drivers are already funding important "complete streets" projects throughout the Boston region.

A bicyclist rides along the Paul Dudley White Path along Soldiers Field Road and the Massachusetts Turnpike viaduct on Sept. 11, 2019.

Baker Budget Portends Changes For Boston’s Waterfront ‘Parkways’

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 23, 2020 | No Comments

Under the Governor's budget proposal released Wednesday, ownership of four Department of Parks and Recreation roads - Storrow Drive, Soldiers Field Road, Day Boulevard and Morrissey Boulevard - would be transferred to MassDOT.

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 […]

Governor Charlie Baker at the Massachusetts State House. Courtesy of the Office of the Governor.

Gov. Baker Pressures Legislators To Address Climate Emergency

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 21, 2020 | No Comments

The Governor committed the Commonwealth to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and focused attention on addressing emissions from cars and trucks.

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