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Jan 2, 2025 · MBTA’s ‘Draw One’ Construction Will Last 8 Years, Per Environmental Filings. The project will close the North Bank Bridge – a busy bike and pedestrian connection between Cambridge and Charlestown – for up to two weeks at a time during the first phase of construction.
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New Trails We Can Look Forward To In 2025
Dec 30, 2024 · In the past year, Massachusetts trailbuilders cut the ribbon on about 15 miles’ worth of new car-free bike and pedestrian trails. Those projects include several we’ve written about here on StreetsblogMASS, including the 2.5 mile Waltham Wayside Trail, which was mostly finished in 2023 but had its official ribbon-cutting this year, and the Ashuwillticook trail […]
Governor's Task Force Has A Plan to Dodge the T's Fiscal Crisis, But ...
2 days ago · Members of the Governor's transportation funding task force have come up with a plan to shore up the MBTA's finances and avoid layoffs and service cuts for the next year, but major questions still remain about how to fund the state's transportation infrastructure for the longer term. “It’s a really good starting position,” Brian Kane, the executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board and ...
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Dec 11, 2024 · MBTA’s ‘Draw One’ Construction Will Last 8 Years, Per Environmental Filings. The project will close the North Bank Bridge – a busy bike and pedestrian connection between Cambridge and Charlestown – for up to two weeks at a time during the first phase of construction.
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Oct 30, 2024 · Boston Officials Will Adjust Traffic Signals At Fatal Crash Scene In Forest Hills. The city's Chief of Streets promises "improving safety is non-negotiable" as the city plans for a more robust redesign of Hyde Park Avenue.
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Dec 26, 2024 · Our annual roundup of the year's biggest stories on StreetsblogMASS doesn't include some of the biggest transportation news stories of the year – like the remarkable comeback that the MBTA made by repairing hundreds of slow zones, or how free and reduced fares spread across the state.. Those were big stories, but they were already being covered extensively among other news outlets.
As Clock Ticks On Federal Funds, MassDOT Proposes Smaller 'Early …
Dec 5, 2024 · 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 …
Reversing Course Again, Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Says Allston Project Will ...
Dec 3, 2024 · StreetsblogMASS relies on the generous support of readers like you. Help us meet our year-end fundraising goals – give today! In an email to elected officials earlier this week, MassDOT Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt wrote that the state's plans for a new $2 billion highway interchange in Allston "will include layover tracks for MBTA/Compass Rail trains, two express tracks for the Worcester ...