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Some photos here: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/11/18/eyes-on-the-street-two-new-back-bay-bikeways

Green Line B branch accessibility project overview, with some renderings of how the new stops will look: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/11/15/heres-the-mbtas-plan-to-make-the-green-line-b-branch-accessible

Three new separated bike lane projects are getting installed this month in Allston-Brighton: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/10/15/eyes-on-the-street-better-bike-lanes-for-allston-and-brighton

MassDOT is planning to demolish the southern bridge abutments while it removes the highway viaduct, rebuilds Soldiers Field Road, and rebuilds the Turnpike where the current GJ tracks are located. See pages 16-22 of this April 2023 project task force presentation...

Another key difference between now and pre-pandemic service (and one we didn't mention in the article) is that the new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act took effect in 2021. We've heard anecdotal reports that under that new law, more employees are on the payroll but not working –...

Relatedly, systemwide bus service is still around 88% of what it was prepandemic: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/10/09/t-will-launch-new-frequent-service-routes-in-december-but-overall-service-still-remains-below-pre-covid-levels

City of Boston will abandon Summer St. curbside bus lane, which was so frequently blocked by drivers that it created no measurable improvements to bus travel times: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/09/17/the-slow-bus-to-southie-city-will-abandon-frequently-blocked-seaport-bus-lane

Reduced fares have been in the works for years, and because its participants are expected to ride more often, the fiscal impact is pretty small – the T will get less revenue per ride among program participants, but it will also get a lot more transactions (a 2019 MIT study found that people...

Construction update on Washington Street in Somerville. This street went from having nothing but sharrows in 2019 to getting curb-protected bike lanes in 2024. A great case study on how to add bus and bike infrastructure in a typical, not-particularly-wide neighborhood street (about 40' from...

Progress on the Northern Strand Trail Extension in downtown Lynn: workers are placing new curbs in the westernmost lane of the Lynnway to create the new physically-protected bike path that will eventually extend all the way across the city from Western Ave. to the ocean: Several other...

A rider's guide to the MBTA's looming financial crisis, which could impose massive, unprecedented service cuts if state lawmakers don't take bold action in the next 8 months: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/08/23/a-riders-guide-to-the-mbtas-looming-financial-crisis

Some interesting points re: the park-and-ride that I learned while doing interviews for this story: Even though there's barely any TOD near Alewife now, and the station is designed for drive-up passengers almost to the exclusion of anyone else, MBTA data show that Alewife *still* gets more...

What happened was the local state rep. organized a "public forum" (except only opponents to the project were invited) that was set up to yell at the DCR commissioner and anyone else who dared support unpaving your parkland...

The Senate passed a bill that would let the T issue fines against drivers who block bus lanes and stops. But the legislation will die unless the House also approves it before the stroke of midnight tomorrow night...

Not only did the extent of the closure expand, but the ambition has shrunk: Wednesday's press release says "the extended outage during these weekends allows for the installation of over three and a half miles (19,200 feet) of new rail that will allow the MBTA to lift seven speed restrictions...

Somerville City Council votes unanimously to upstage Cambridge's Cycling Safety Ordinance: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/06/18/new-somerville-safe-streets-ordinance-mandates-30-mile-protected-bike-lane-network-by-2030

It's under contract, with early utilities/surveying work underway now. I recommend the monthly Bike to the Sea newsletter for updates: https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=f8c193009bd382d3ea7d456b0&id=4606829e5f

Meanwhile, the newly-approved 5-year capital budget is $100 million smaller than last year's, thanks to dwindling state funding: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/06/12/declining-infrastructure-funding-from-healey-admin-puts-ts-state-of-good-repair-further-out-of-reach

The new North Station drawbridge is shaping up to be another unfulfilled Big Dig promise: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/06/05/will-a-new-rail-bridge-across-the-charles-include-a-long-promised-walkway-to-north-station

Hammond Pond Parkway road diet progress: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/08/eyes-on-the-street-less-pavement-on-hammond-pond-parkway