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Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts. The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.
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4 days ago · Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts. The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.
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Jan 8, 2025 · How Massachusetts Funds Transit (Not Just the T) A guide to how Massachusetts state government finances public transit service across the Commonwealth.
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 […]
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Dec 9, 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.
How Massachusetts Funds Transit (Not Just the T)
Jan 10, 2025 · As part of an ongoing webinar series on transportation policy in Massachusetts, Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA) recently hosted three transportation budget experts for a timely discussion on how the Commonwealth funds its public transportation systems, from the subways of the MBTA to rural vanpools that connect small towns. The event was part of the “People’s Caravan” series ...
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 …
Our Most-Read Stories of 2024 - Streetsblog Massachusetts
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.