Fare-Free Buses Gain Momentum on Beacon Hill
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Two bills currently in the Massachusetts Senate would eliminate fare collection on some or all of the state's bus routes.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Worcester
MassDOT Will Revisit Its East-West Rail Ridership Projections
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A coalition of regional planning groups wrote that the East-West passenger rail study's low ridership projections "require more explanation, clarity and re-analysis."
Advocates Spotlight Strange Math In MassDOT East-West Rail Study
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MassDOT believes that adding more passenger rail service between Springfield and Boston would cost more than twice as much – and attract fewer than one fifth as many riders – as a similar higher-speed rail upgrade on the Hartford Line between Springfield and New Haven.
Drivers In Worcester Have Killed Two People in the Past 24 Hours
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In two separate incidents, drivers killed two people walking on the west side of Worcester.
TransitMatters Report Asks State to Cancel South Station Expansion
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TransitMatters argues that South Station is big enough to accommodate a dramatic increase in commuter rail service – but only if the MBTA makes organizational changes to move trains more quickly in and out of the station.
Worcester’s Transit Agency Considers Ditching the Farebox
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Fares contribute a relatively small portion of Worcester's transit budget, so going fare-free would be a low-cost way to attract many more riders, argues a local public policy research group.
Worcester's Crash-Prone Kelley Square Will Get a Makeover
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Worcester's Kelley Square, a junction of 7 busy streets near an interstate highway interchange, has the dubious honor of being the intersection with the most crashes in Massachusetts.