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The Senate Ways and Means budget proposal would leave the T with a budget shortfall of approximately $200 million: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/mass-senate-budget-proposal-would-impose-major-transit-service-cuts

We dug into this a little bit for our localized version of this story: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/30/house-moves-to-rescind-3-1b-for-reconnecting-communities-divided-by-highways Basically, the "Reconnecting Communities" money comes from two separate laws. The "Bipartisan...

There's also an idea floating around from the BPDA to disconnect N. Beacon from this rotary by running it through to SFR via the McDonalds property or the adjacent strip mall parking lot. That change might simplify this intersection by getting eastbound Brighton-to-the-river traffic out of the...

Bear in mind that the two roads to the west (Nonantum Road in Newton and Beacon St. in Watertown) have already been put on a road diet without any issues – they both narrow to 2-lane streets about 800 feet west of the rotary. Of the three roads to the east, Parsons Street is already two lanes...

Here's the Streetsblog take: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/03/boston-releases-30-day-review-memo-of-safety-projects

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/03/20/the-path-forward-for-massdots-west-station-plans-is-getting-narrower “What are we giving up by placing a rail yard within this area where we’re creating a new neighborhood, one that could certainly use additional housing?" asked Albert Ng, Harvard...

I thought this might be a story, so I reached out to Amtrak's press office to see if it was true. Unfortunately, they told me that this is *not* because the new trainsets are starting operations: So I won't be doing a story on this after all – but thought y'all would appreciate this update.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/02/03/designers-tempers-fray-as-major-issues-remain-unresolved-for-allston-i-90-project

Two school bus news items: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/20/epa-will-finance-177-new-electric-buses-for-mass-school-districts https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/22/want-safety-cameras-on-your-kids-school-buses-heres-how-to-get-them

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/01/16/a-little-wider-a-little-later-an-update-on-the-mystic-river-bike-ped-bridge

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/11/utility-poles-limit-the-utility-of-newtons-new-complete-street

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...