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The Massachusetts State House in downtown Boston.

Last-Minute Legislation Legalizes (Some) E-Bikes, Axes Low-Income Fares, and Throws More Cash At EVs

By Sam Mintz | Aug 1, 2022 | No Comments

Despite a late effort by the Senate to revive legislation requiring the MBTA and regional transit authorities to implement low-income fare discounts, the provision went missing from the final agreement.

Accessible gendered public bathrooms inside the South Boston Maritime Park in the Seaport neighborhood. The park features many benches as well shade trees and two water fountains.

Public Bathroom Access An Undervalued But Necessary Element of Walking, Transit Infrastructure

By Grecia White | Jul 25, 2022 | No Comments

Catarina De Albuquerque, chief officer of the United Nations Sanitation and Water for All, calls the dearth of public bathrooms “an ongoing sanitation crisis, and it highlights American inequality and marginalization.”

Return to Sender: Postal Service Changes its Mind on Gas-Powered Truck Purchases

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 20, 2022 | No Comments

The United States Postal Service — under fire from environmental groups — is no longer moving ahead with a plan to almost entirely replace its aging delivery fleet with gas-fueled trucks.

Lawmakers Slam MBTA’s Lack of Transparency: ‘Riders Will Never Come Back if They Can’t Trust the Information They’re Getting’

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 18, 2022 | No Comments

"Who's calling the shots at the T?" asked Sen. Brendan Crighton, the Co-Chair of the legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation.

Batteries can't fix this: a midday traffic jam on I-93 in downtown Boston.

New Climate Policies Target the Commonwealth’s Worst Polluter: MassDOT

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 11, 2022 | No Comments

While other sectors of the Massachusetts economy are reducing their consumption of fossil fuels, pollution on MassDOT's roadways has been getting worse.

Why French and US Road Deaths Went In Dramatically Different Directions

By Yonah Freemark | Jul 6, 2022 | No Comments

Here's how American states and cities can look to the French example for approaches to improve road safety.

Analysis: There Are No 15-Minute Cities in a Post-Roe America

By Kea Wilson | Jun 27, 2022 | No Comments

The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will increase the average round-trip travel distance required to reach the closest legal abortion care provider from 50 miles to a staggering 250.

Study: Black Cyclists Die 4.5 Times More Often Than White Riders

By Kea Wilson | Jun 14, 2022 | No Comments

Black cyclists are more than four times more likely to die while riding a bike than White ones, a new study finds — and the stats aren't much better for other modes or other racially marginalized groups.

Dos estudiantes de arquitectura, Miranda y Denzel, encadenando tubos de espuma para la piscina sobre cajas de madera - una de las varias opciones disponibles a la gente para sentarse durante Copley Connect, un proyecto piloto que cerrará una cuadra de la calle Dartmouth a vehículos para poder ampliar el espacio público de Copley Square.

‘Copley Connect’ Echa a los Vehiculos Para Amplear Uno de los Espacios Famosos de Boston

By Grecia White | Jun 9, 2022 | No Comments

“Es genial tener este tipo de espacio donde hay como una oportunidad para que la gente vea a esta calle de una manera diferente, lo que era la meta de todo esto,” dijo el Jefe de Calles, Jascha Franklin-Hodge.

Two architecture students, Miranda and Denzel, string together pool noodles over wooden boxes - one of the many seating arrangements available for folks to enjoy in the city's "Copley Connect" pilot project

‘Copley Connect’ Expands a Signature Boston Public Space By Kicking Out the Cars

By Grecia White | Jun 9, 2022 | No Comments

“It's great to have this kind of space where there’s sort of an opportunity for people to look at this street in a different way, and that was the goal of this,” said Boston's Chief of Streets.

New Bill Would Create an Incentive to Go Car-Free in California

By Melanie Curry | Jun 6, 2022 | No Comments

Bill from Senator Portantino would offer a tax credit to people who do not own cars

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