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MBTA plans them and recommends them to the right of way owner, so either the municipality or the state agency that owns the roadway, for final approval.

That's largely up to Swampscott and / or Lynn really! BlueBikes is a publicly-owned bike-share with each of the service area municipalities paying into it. The ten cities and towns BlueBikes serves have bought into the system. Sometimes MassDOT and the MPO provide capital funding for buying new...

I wouldn't read too much into this graphic as a complete representation of this specific project. The rendering matches their separated bus lane graphic from the MBTA's BRT toolkit (page 25/77), which MBTA released last year. They probably didn't have a rendering or good illustration for this...

The general answer is that it depends on the roadway jurisdiction, whether that is municipal (Boston or Cambridge or Brookline, etc.) or state agency (DCR parkway, MassDOT highway, etc.). Even among municipalities, the enforcement entity can vary depending on the situation (in Boston, if it's a...

Really nice to see the new Fairmount Line spring / summer schedule take effect today with service every 30-mins for most of the service day. I know the rest of the system has a long way to go until the Regional Rail vision is achieved, but still this is a good step worth celebrating (especially...

some updates on some JP projects in construction around the Washington St area: 1595-1599 Columbus Avenue: 3368 Washington Street - Pine Street Inn site looks like it's wrapping up: 3371 Washington Street - site has been demolished and getting ready for construction: Couple smaller...

Several bike lane-related updates in Back Bay from a public meeting earlier this week: Boylston St separated bike lane between Mass Ave and Arlington St starting construction soon Berkeley St separated bike lane between Columbus Ave and Comm Ave happening sometime this year Starting design on...

just flagging that this is technically in Brookline (close to the Newton line).

There is an excellent book that analyzes a lot of these phenomena in local planning (case studies are largely from a housing permitting standpoint, but highly relevant to transportation planning, too; analysis focuses on Cambridge and other municipalities in Eastern MA). The analysis finds that...

Wu was on Radio Boston yesterday and mentioned that this year is the first year that the Landmark Center would start paying taxes again after a 20-year abatement that was set up under the Menino administration - it's contributing $20 million in revenue.

The source is MBTA - there's a webpage about this pilot here on their website. They sent out an email about it, too, so recommend subscribing here if you want the latest.

Some new updates on the MBTA's website today - confirmation that they'll be launching the first phase of their redesigned bus network by December 2024. Mostly focused on changes in Chelsea, Everett, Revere, and Malden, including the new 109 service between Harvard and Linden Square and the new...

FWIW the T has all of their preferred TSP treatments and standards outlined in their TP Toolkit (see chapter 3, starting on page 30).

I think making the Washington St trunk line part of the SL4/5 center-running BRT would certainly be possible in the near-future. Here's my thinking on why: Shift to center-running on adjacent corridors: BTD and the T seem very focused on delivering the second phase of Columbus Ave up to...

Probably airing an unpopular opinion here given the vibe, but I can understand why it's taken so long for the city to do the right thing and give this project the official green light. The 28X proposal was like the Hindenberg (highly recommend SB Mass's piece on that for context). The political...

The Franklin Park Coalition is asking for feedback about this project. The questions definitely lean NIMBY - good opportunity to show some support for the stadium, too: https://franklinparkcoalition.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=60bffb206e9539969a8a7a3e3&id=09779e0856&e=ce9d0178ce

Totally agree that there should be more land-use planning and re-zoning as a part of the corridor redesign. I think this is one of the areas where it's helpful to look at maps from before the highway tore through the city. There's the remnants of a much more human-scaled urban fabric lying...

Maybe we're slowly starting to get back to 1915 with projects like Columbus Ave?

looks like they're putting together a promo video to explain how to use them, so potentially soon.

I think this could have strong demand - it's strangely hard to get from most parts of Cambridge and Somerville to Assembly given how it's stuck between the river and the expressway. It would also provide a rather direct connection between Red Line, Green Lines (technically 2 branches if you...