State Funding Keeps Rural Long-Haul Bus Routes Rolling The state's Rural Intercity Bus Connections program will subsidize intercity bus service on Cape Cod and western Massachusetts.

Apr 3, 2025 · Transportation for Massachusetts Coalition Holds ‘Day of Action’ On Beacon Hill Some lawmakers warn that chaotic budget cuts from Washington could create headwinds for bold new transportation policies this year.

Apr 9, 2025 · A day after Mayor Wu suggested that her administration was interested in replacing paint and flexible-post bollards with more permanent infrastructure along the city’s bikeways, her administration released their proposed capital budget for fiscal year 2026, which includes a detailed list of street construction projects that the city hopes to work on next year. Capital […]

Dec 30, 2024 · In the past year, Massachusetts trailbuilders cut the ribbon on about 15 miles’ worth of new car-free bike and pedestrian trails. Those projects include several we’ve written about here on StreetsblogMASS, including the 2.5 mile Waltham Wayside Trail, which was mostly finished in 2023 but had its official ribbon-cutting this year, and the Ashuwillticook trail […]

Mar 26, 2025 · A new poll commissioned by Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA) suggests that a majority of Massachusetts residents could support new tolls or higher gas taxes and registration fees to pay for the Commonwealth's transportation infrastructure. The MassINC Polling Group surveyed 702 Massachusetts residents at the end of Feburary with about two dozen questions, most of which were focused on ...

Feb 14, 2025 · Massachusetts Gasoline Consumption Continued to Increase in 2024 Gasoline consumption and air travel in Massachusetts produced about 27 million metric tons of greenhouse pollutants in 2024, making it unlikely that the Healey administration will meet targets that Governor Baker set in the state's official climate plan.

Dec 26, 2024 · Our annual roundup of the year’s biggest stories on StreetsblogMASS doesn’t include some of the biggest transportation news stories of the year – like the remarkable comeback that the MBTA made by repairing hundreds of slow zones, or how free and reduced fares spread across the state. Those were big stories, but they were already […]

Mayor Wu Admits City Made ‘Mistake’ Removing Protective Barriers Along Key Bike Routes Protective barriers along Mass. Ave. are "being put back," Mayor Wu told Tiffany Cogell of the Boston Cyclists Union on GBH's Boston Public Radio talk show on Tuesday.

Massachusetts Lawmakers Are Still Spending Millions to Subsidize Elon Musk’s Car Company In the three months between Election Day and February 5th (the last date for which data is currently available), Massachusetts taxpayers have sent $8.6 million in …

Nov 8, 2024 · The City of Boston and MBTA have released new conceptual designs for the Blue Hill Avenue transit project and will host three open houses in Mattapan and Dorchester in the coming month to vet the refined plan with neighbors and bus riders. The new concept-level designs are the first step towards drawing up detailed blueprints […]