Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Boston

A rendering of a proposed center-running bus transitway for Columbus Avenue. The project would extend from the Jackson Square Orange Line station, through Egleston Square (pictured) to Franklin Park, and is scheduled to go under construction this fall for completion in 2021. Courtesy of the Boston Transportation Department.

T Announces New Bus Lane Projects, Targeting 6 Regional Bottlenecks

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 28, 2020 | No Comments

The T estimates that, even under reduced levels of ridership during the pandemic, these bus lane projects would benefit over 50,000 riders every weekday.

A conceptual rendering of proposed center-running bus lanes on Summer Street near the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Courtesy of the City of Boston.

Seaport Subterfuge: Boston Calls Out Massport for Undermining Busway Plans

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 27, 2020 | No Comments

Earlier this summer, Mike Meyran, Massport's Port Director, emailed South Boston businesses and asked them to lobby City of Boston officials to oppose dedicated bus lane projects in the congested Seaport neighborhood.

A new protected bike lane, photographed here on the morning of Wednesday, July 22, was installed using temporary materials on Charles Street in downtown Boston as part of the city's "Healthy Streets" initiative. Photo courtesy of StreetsblogMASS board member Matt Lawlor.

Boston Officials Promise More 'Healthy Streets' Projects in More Neighborhoods

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 19, 2020 | 1 Comment

Boston officials announced plans to make downtown's new pop-up bike lanes permanent, and a new project that would add protected bike lanes and calm traffic on American Legion Highway between Mattapan and Hyde Park.

A map of inner Boston neighborhoods that are likely to flood during storms by the 2050s under current expectations of sea-level rise. Courtesy of Climate Ready Boston.

City Councilor Michelle Wu Pitches ‘Green New Deal’ for Boston

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 18, 2020 | 1 Comment

"The climate crisis and our current public health crises are intertwined, and wrapped in a political system that relies on structural racism and injustice," says Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu. "We need to tackle all of these problems together in this moment: climate justice is racial and economic justice, and cities can lead the charge."

3368 Washington rendering credit RODE Architects/BPDA

Brewery Landlord Sues to Block Housing for the Homeless, Because Parking

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 11, 2020 | 1 Comment

The Jamaica Plain landlord of Turtle Swamp Brewing is arguing that his tenant’s “ability to find parking” on Washington Street is more important than housing over 200 homeless people. That’s one of the arguments in a lawsuit filing from Monty Gold, the owner of Turtle Swamp’s building at 3377 Washington St., who wants to overturn […]

Cargo bikes and bike trailers parked on a sidewalk outside a Whole Foods Market in New York City

Boston Tests the Waters for Cargo e-Bike Deliveries

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 3, 2020 | No Comments

By encouraging bike-powered deliveries, the city hopes “to counter the rise of vehicle traffic and ensuing air pollution tied to consumer preference for at-home delivery.”

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.

Boston Proposes 2-Way Protected Bikeway for Mass. Ave. in Dorchester

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

In the city's proposal, the westernmost lane of Mass. Ave. would be converted into a protected bicycle path, separated from traffic with low concrete barriers.

Protected Bike Lanes Pop Up Around Boston Common

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 22, 2020 | 1 Comment

The first protected bike lanes of Boston’s new “Healthy Streets” initiative have popped up on the wide multi-lane streets around Boston Common. Since Tuesday afternoon, Boston Transportation Department crews have deployed hundreds of orange construction barrels to delineate protected bikeways on Tremont, Boylston, Charles, and Beacon Streets around the Boston Common and Public Garden. Pop-up […]

The City of Boston will test a proposed road diet on Cummins Highway in Mattapan with temporary materials later this summer. Photo illustration courtesy of the City of Boston Public Works Department.

Boston to Fast-Track Cummins Highway Road Diet With Temporary Materials

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

In an effort to control reckless driving during the COVID-19 pandemic and road-test its road diet proposal, the City of Boston Public Works Department will use construction barriers to turn Cummins Highway in Mattapan into a two-lane street for the rest of this summer. As we reported in March, the Boston Public Works Department is […]

Tremont Street in Boston's South End, pictured in August 2019.

Physically Protected Bike Lanes to Replace Car Lanes on Tremont Street

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 9, 2020 | No Comments

The City of Boston Transportation Department expects to solicit construction bids later this year for physically protected bike lanes, new bus stops, and safer crosswalks on Tremont Street through the South End.

A (very) temporary protected bike lane appeared on Charles Street next to the Public Garden at the end of May, as seen in this May 31 photo. The barrels have since been removed, and Boston's planned "healthy streets" network of protected bike lanes around downtown Boston remains incomplete. Photo courtesy of Amir Tadmor.

Boston Blames Cone Shortage for Sluggish 'Healthy Streets' Rollout

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 8, 2020 | No Comments

It’s now been over a month since Boston announced its “healthy streets” initiative, the city’s transportation plan for the COVID-19 pandemic, but even as more businesses and offices across the city have reopened in recent weeks, a key component of the plan – a pop-up network of protected bike lanes to help more bicyclists travel […]

Dr. Karilyn Crockett, the City of Boston's new Chief of Equity, at a press conference on June 29, 2020. Courtesy of the Ciy of Boston.

‘People Before Highways’ Author Picked to Head Boston’s New Equity Cabinet

By Christian MilNeil | Jun 30, 2020 | No Comments

Dr. Crockett joined StreetsblogMASS earlier this month to discuss her book, 'People Before Highways,' a chronicle of anti-highway activist movements in the Boston region in the 1960s.

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