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NACTO Wrap-Up: Cities Are Doing It For Themselves
Five city transportation chiefs -- Phildelphia's Rina Cutler, Chicago's Gabe Klein, NYC's Janette Sadik-Khan, San Francisco's Ed Reiskin, and Boston's Tom Tinlin -- shared their perspectives today on...
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Massachusetts’ Smart Plan to Promote Housing That Works for Young People
Eschewing the faddish steps local governments sometimes take to retain and attract young professionals, Massachusetts has cut to the chase with a common-sense plan. Governor Deval Patrick is catalyzing...
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Did “Anti-Cyclist Bias” Let a Hit-and-Run Killer Off the Hook in Boston?
A hit-and-run truck driver has escaped prosecution for killing a cyclist in Massachusetts after a grand jury failed to indict on vehicular homicide charges. Alexander Motsenigos, 41, was killed last...
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Will Vehicular Cyclists and the “Right to Park” Trump Safer Streets in Boston?
Beacon Street in Somerville, just outside Boston, is perhaps the most biked route in the state of Massachusetts. It also has a terrible safety record. There have been 154 collisions involving cyclists...
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Study: Homes Near Transit Were Insulated From the Housing Crash
Percent change in average residential sales prices relative to the region, 2006-11. Image: APTA and NAR If you live close to a transit station, chances are you’ve weathered the recession better than...
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More Mayoral Results: Minneapolis, Houston, Boston
This week’s mayoral elections yielded good news for transit and safe streets in both Houston and Minneapolis. In Boston, meanwhile, the results are less straightforward. Annise Parker, right, won her...
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Boston Introduces “Super Sharrows”
Brighton Avenue in Allston is sporting some new “super sharrows.” Image: Boston.com Behold, Boston’s new “super sharrows,” a spin on the often-derided shared-lane marking. Boston’s new twist is meant...
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Real Estate Trend: Parking-Free Apartment Buildings
A wave of new residential construction projects in places like Seattle, Boston, and Miami are showing that, yes, modern American cities can build housing without any car parking on site. A rendering of...
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Massachusetts Official: Boston’s Winter Cyclists “Living in the Wrong City”
Bostonians making polite requests for a clear path on one of the city’s key bike routes were met with disdain from the state agency responsible for maintaining the paths. With a rapid-response social...
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Green Lane Project Picks Six New Cities to Make Big Progress on Bikeways
Austin, Texas, built this beauty of a bike lane by the University of Texas campus while it was participating in round one of the Green Lane Project. Photo: The Green Lane Project More than 100 cities...
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Boston Doctors Now Prescribing Bike-Share Memberships
The newest tool for doctors in the fight against obesity? That’s right: Bike-share. Doctors in Boston are now prescribing Hubway memberships. Photo: Hubway This week in Boston, doctors introduced a...
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Anthony Foxx Kicks Off Nationwide Project for Better Bike Lanes
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx praised bike infrastructure as a way to get more value out of existing U.S. streets. Photo: Green Lane Project Staring down a highway trust fund that he...
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Why the Senate Transportation Bill Will Devastate Transit
Transit officials lined up today to make clear that holding transit spending at current levels — as the Senate’s transportation authorization bill does — will put transit systems at risk of falling...
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Boosting Transit Ridership With New Stations, Not New Track
Assembly Station in Somerville, outside Boston, is a great example of how older transit systems can draw more riders with new stations in strategic locations. Image: MBTA Yonah Freemark at the...
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Despite Problems, Boston’s MBTA Should Continue to Expand
2nd inbound orange line track to Boston isn’t even cleared of snow between Oak Grove & Malden! #MBTApocalypse #MBTA pic.twitter.com/hQV9oEbtNq — Cory Thomas (@coryt3) February 11, 2015 Cross posted...
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Boston Cyclists Excavate Massive Snow Tunnel To Restore Bike Path
This 40-foot snow tunnel made an important biking and walking path useful again. Image: Dragonbeard on Youtube For every pedestrian and cyclist who’s had your journey interrupted by an impassable mound...
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Boston Says So Long to the Casey Overpass, a 1950s Highway Relic
The Casey Overpass will be replaced with an at-grade street. Image: Arborwaymatters via MassDOT This month, Boston is demolishing a monument to 1950s-era car infrastructure: The Casey Overpass, a short...
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The Politically-Driven, Koch-Backed Campaign to Undermine Boston Transit
Boston’s MBTA has been having a tough year. Photo: Wikipedia Following a disastrous winter season marked by extreme weather and service disruptions, the agency has been inundated with charges of...
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Tactical Urbanism Win: Cyclist Protects Boston Bike Lane With Flowers
Boston cyclist Jonathan Fertig created a temporary protected bike lane in Boston this week using $6 potted mums he bought at the hardware store. Photo: Jonathan Fertig Even the most delicate barrier...
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What Went Wrong With Boston’s Green Line Extension?
Last week, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority abruptly cut ties with four contractors working on the 4.7-mile Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford, outside Boston. The...
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