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Oct 25, 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. October 25, 2024. Regional Transit Authorities.
The Orange Line Is Running At Full Speed For the First Time in 15 …
3 days ago · Courtesy of the MBTA. The MBTA has reopened the full length of the Orange Line on Saturday morning after a week-long closure for track work, and for the first time since Deval Patrick was the Governor of Massachusetts, the line's trains are running at full speed, without any speed restrictions. The T had closed the north side of the Orange Line ...
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Dec 29, 2023 · Our 10 Most-Read Stories of 2023. 7:00 AM EST on December 29, 2023. A rendering of a proposed Mystic River bike and pedestrian bridge, which could connect the Northern Strand multi-use path in the City of Everett to the Assembly Orange Line Station in Somerville. Rendering by AECOM, courtesy of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and ...
Eyes On the Street: the New Boylston Street Bike Lane In Back Bay
6:30 AM EDT on July 22, 2024. A person riding a Bluebike crosses the intersection of Boylston and Ring Road in the new parking-protected bike lane. Earlier this month, Boston's Transportation Department put the finishing touches on a major new protected bike lane on Boylston Street through the heart of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.
An Updated Guide To Boston’s Allston/I-90 Megaproject
Apr 24, 2024 · A $100 million commitment from the City of Boston for the project's street infrastructure; An additional $100 million from City of Boston "value capture" funds – i.e., leveraging the anticipated new property tax revenue from Harvard's 90-acre real estate development; $90 million from Harvard, plus $10 million from Boston University, to build ...
MBTA, Amtrak Warn That MassDOT’s Allston Highway …
Oct 10, 2024 · Transit MBTA, Amtrak Warn That MassDOT’s Allston Highway Megaproject Could Inflict ‘Significant’ Impacts On Regional Rail. MBTA officials warn that commuter rail service "would cease within weeks" if MassDOT follows through on plans to demolish a critical rail bridge for the Allston Multimodal Project in Boston.
State Police Have Not Arrested John Corcoran’s Killer
Oct 4, 2024 · A State Police spokesperson has informed StreetsblogMASS that the suspected killer in last week's homicide on the Paul Dudley White Bike Path in Cambridge has not been arrested, although their driving license has been suspended. On the afternoon of Monday Sept. 24, the driver of a Mercedes SUV struck and killed John Corcoran, aged 62, of Newton ...
The Mass. State House Has One More Day to Pass Bus Lane …
Jul 30, 2024 · Last week, the Massachusetts Senate approved "An Act relative to bus lane enforcement," a bill that would allow public transit agencies to use bus-mounted cameras to record and issue fines against illegal parking in bus lanes and bus stops.. But with hours to go until August 1 and the end of the legislative session, the measure will die without another approval from the House, whose ...
Boston Officials Will Adjust Traffic Signals At Fatal Crash Scene In ...
Oct 25, 2024 · But the pandemic put that planning effort on hold. In an October 2 email to neighbors, the Boston Transportation Department wrote that "public meetings that were initially planned for early fall will likely be delayed again to early winter" and that "an additional, less maximalist concept is being developed for the northern section of HPA (Hyde Park Avenue)."