Christian MilNeil
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State Senate Calls For Fees On Transportation-Related Climate Pollution By 2022
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The Senate bill calls on Massachusetts to reduce emissions 50 percent below 1990 levels within the next ten years, and sets a January 2022 deadline for the state to start taxing emissions from cars and trucks.
Westfield Breaks Ground On Columbia Greenway Extension
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The western Massachusetts city of Westfield recently broke ground on a new segment of its Columbia Greenway that will extend the interstate rail trail through the city’s downtown district to a riverfront park on the Westfield River. The current Columbia Greenway in Westfield, along with the Southwick Rail Trail in the neighboring town of Southwick, […]
Somerville Seeks Feedback For City’s First Vision Zero Action Plan
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The City of Somerville is hosting open houses tonight and next Wednesday, February 5th to solicit feedback on the city’s first “Vision Zero Action Plan” to eliminate crashes that result in serious injuries or fatalities. Somerville’s Mayor and City Council formally adopted a Vision Zero policy in 2017. The action plan under consideration lays out […]
Study: Apartments With Free Parking Reduce Transit Ridership
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If your home comes with a free parking spot, you'll probably use it.
New Boston Housing Will Bring Thousands More Cars
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BPDA planners approved 59 new development projects that include the construction of 5,080 more parking spaces in the City of Boston.
San Francisco Gears Up for ‘Car-Free’ Market Street
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Next week, on Wed., Jan. 29, private cars will be banned from Market Street, one of the principal streets in downtown San Francisco.
MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages
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Today’s meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) advanced several initiatives to improve bus and commuter rail service, and also discussed Governor Baker’s new budget proposal. More Fairmount Line service approved The FMCB unanimously endorsed a one-year pilot project, proposed by the City of Boston, to add additional service to the Fairmount […]
Fees On Uber and Lyft Accelerate Local Sustainable Transport Projects
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Fees on Silicon Valley's double-parking, bike lane-blocking drivers are already funding important "complete streets" projects throughout the Boston region.
Baker Budget Portends Changes For Boston’s Waterfront ‘Parkways’
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Under the Governor's budget proposal released Wednesday, ownership of four Department of Parks and Recreation roads - Storrow Drive, Soldiers Field Road, Day Boulevard and Morrissey Boulevard - would be transferred to MassDOT.
Western Mass Needs Transit Funding
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State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton, a Democratic member of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation, is pressing for a dedicated source of state funds for the fifteen transit authorities that operate outside of the Boston metropolitan area as lawmakers debate details of a new transportation funding bill this month. In a phone interview with […]
Gov Presses Legislators on Climate Emergency
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The Governor committed the Commonwealth to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and focused attention on addressing emissions from cars and trucks.
City Plans To Clone Roslindale’s Washington Street Bus Lane
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An outbound bus-only lane to match the existing inbound lane is being planned for mid-2020.