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Starting this week, trains between Oak Grove and Assembly will operated with a maximum speed of 55 mph, compared to 40 mph before.| mass.streetsblog.org
Crews are removing protective bollards on the West 4th Street Bridge in preparation for an upcoming paving project. The post MassDOT, Boston Temporarily Remove Bike Lane On W. 4th Street Bridge for Paving Project appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.| Streetsblog Massachusetts
On the evening of August 21st, the MBTA hosted a public meeting on Proposed Regulation 703 CMR 6.00, also known as the “Issuance and Enforcement of Automated Bus Lane and Bus Stop Violations” as part of the agency’s “Better Bus Project”. The agency is currently soliciting bids from companies that can help it install and […] The post Public Hearing Reveals Support for Automated Enforcement of Bus Lanes in Boston appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.| Streetsblog Massachusetts
"The City of Boston will do everything in our power to make sure that every child is safe in our city," said Mayor Wu. The post Boston School Buses Won’t Have Automated Enforcement Cameras to Start the School Year appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.| Streetsblog Massachusetts
New crosswalks and wheelchair accessible ramps should be installed "by summer 2026," according to DCR officials. The post DCR Striping Project Attempts to Calm Traffic on Mystic Riverfront Rotaries in Arlington and Medford appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.| Streetsblog Massachusetts
Massachusetts Families for Safe Streets will advocate for life-saving changes to streets and public policy while also offering support to families who have lost loved ones to roadway violence. The post Families of Crash Victims Establish New Mass. Chapter of Families For Safe Streets appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.| Streetsblog Massachusetts
Buses would also use the proposed new Green Line E branch transitway to bypass traffic between Heath Street and Brigham Circle. The post Boston, MBTA Plan New Center-Running Transitway On Huntington and South Huntington Avenue appeared first on Streetsblog Massachusetts.| Streetsblog Massachusetts
Starting this week, trains between Oak Grove and Assembly will operated with a maximum speed of 55 mph, compared to 40 mph before.| mass.streetsblog.org
"It’s been proven that that area is deadly for pedestrians, and a mess for people in cars too, so let’s fix it up,” says City Councilor Ben Weber.| mass.streetsblog.org
A new study involving MassDOT, Longwood Medical Area institutions, and the City of Boston aims to determine the best bus routing and infrastructure options for a major expansion of bus routes through the congested neighborhood.| mass.streetsblog.org
To promote the later-night service, the T will offer fare-free service on all modes after 9 p.m. for five weekends this fall, starting on Friday, Sept. 5.| mass.streetsblog.org
Without a formal project agreement in place, MassDOT will receive only $8 million out of a $335 million "reconnecting communities" grant that the Biden administration had pledged.| mass.streetsblog.org
“What are we giving up by placing a rail yard within this area where we’re creating a new neighborhood, one that could certainly use additional housing?"| mass.streetsblog.org
As state officials continue to struggle to overcome major financing shortfalls and design conflicts in MassDOT’s proposed Interstate 90 realignment in Allston, state highway officials have floated a proposal to spend the majority of the project’s committed federal funding on a dramatically-scaled back “early action” project that would be limited to the area around the […]| mass.streetsblog.org
A DCR spokesperson said that the parkways, several of which were originally designed by the Olmsted brothers to be scenic links in a regional parks system, "no longer served a park purpose."| mass.streetsblog.org
The project will demolish the existing bridge and build its replacement in a construction project that's expected to continue until 2032.| mass.streetsblog.org
As it enters its final phase of construction, a multi-year sewer replacement project in Somerville’s Spring Hill neighborhood is rebuilding several neighborhood streets with new sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and other safety improvements – along with a big increase in curbside greenery. Starting in 2022, workers started ripping up pavement on roughly a dozen blocks between […]| mass.streetsblog.org
The city plans "protected bike lanes in both directions, following the anticipated completion of sewer separation work in 2024,” a spokesperson from Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s office told Streetsblog.| mass.streetsblog.org
The new 'green infrastructure' helps calm traffic and improve safety while also absorbing stormwater during rainstorms.| mass.streetsblog.org
The proposed fines for blocking a bus lane start at $25 and become incrementally more expensive for subsequent offenses, with higher fines for commercial vehicles.| mass.streetsblog.org
The MBTA is moving ahead with plans to install cameras on its buses that can automatically issue fines against drivers who illegally block bus stops and bus lanes.| mass.streetsblog.org
The completion of the bridge deck will add a fourth lane for motor vehicles to invite more traffic into downtown Boston.| mass.streetsblog.org
The City of Boston will remove a shared bus-and-trucking lane through the Seaport neighborhood after acknowledging that the design, which was frequently blocked by cars, failed to deliver measurable benefits to bus riders. “Based on the analysis of this data and feedback, we have decided to remove the dedicated bus lane markings, though we will […]| mass.streetsblog.org
The MBTA has reached agreements with the cities of Boston, Somerville, Revere, Malden, Lynn, and the Town of Brookline to paint roughly 4.8 miles of new dedicated bus lanes this summer in an effort to improve bus service reliability as traffic congestion comes roaring back in the wake of the pandemic. Most of those new […]| mass.streetsblog.org
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.| mass.streetsblog.org
It's back to the drawing board, all over again.| mass.streetsblog.org
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA rolls out a new bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling number of streets where dedicated bus lanes still exist.| mass.streetsblog.org
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On Monday, federal officials announced the first major committment of federal funding for the Allston Multimodal Project, a massive realignment of Interstate 90 in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. “I am proud to announce that after advocacy to Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Department of Transportation, we have secured $335.4 million in funding for the Allston I-90 […]| mass.streetsblog.org
On Friday, the MBTA and MassDOT published their final recommendations from a multi-year analysis of possible new Silver Line routes through the City of Everett. The study has been in the works since 2020, and hadn’t had a public hearing since 2022, when the study team shortlisted six potential routes. The final recommendation calls for […]| mass.streetsblog.org
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will give the MBTA $22.4 million to build a dedicated, separated busway between Sullivan Square and downtown Everett. The grant comes from Washington’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program, a competitive grant program created by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. According to a USDOT fact […]| mass.streetsblog.org
Federal officials have pledged $1.2 million to let the City of Everett start planning ways to bridge the Revere Beach “Parkway,” a massive highway barrier that divides the northern and southern parts of the city. The study will focus specifically on the massive Sweetser Circle, a 1950s-era rotary that MassDOT has identified as a high-risk […]| mass.streetsblog.org
On Saturday, an MBTA bus driver ran over Glenn Inghram, who later died of his injuries, in a crosswalk outside of the Forest Hills MBTA station’s lower busway. The homicide occurred just before noon on Saturday. The bus driver was apparently attempting a left out of the Forest Hills busway towards the Arborway at the […]| mass.streetsblog.org
Planners from the City of Boston and the MBTA held their first open house on Tuesday evening in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood to solicit ideas for “complete streets” and transit-priority improvements to Hyde Park Avenue, a major transit corridor and one of the only north-south routes into the neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Readville. […]| mass.streetsblog.org
