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MBTA’s ‘Draw One’ Construction Will Last 8 Years, Per Environmental Filings. The project will close the North Bank Bridge – a busy bike and pedestrian connection between Cambridge and Charlestown – for up to two weeks at a time during the first phase of construction.
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Dec 9, 2024 · MBTA’s ‘Draw One’ Construction Will Last 8 Years, Per Environmental Filings. The project will close the North Bank Bridge – a busy bike and pedestrian connection between Cambridge and Charlestown – for up to two weeks at a time during the first phase of construction.
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Our Most-Read Stories of 2024 - Streetsblog Massachusetts
1 day ago · 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 being covered extensively among other news outlets.
New Trails We Can Look Forward to In 2024 - StreetsblogMASS
Dec 26, 2023 · In the past year, MassDOT and municipalities across the Commonwealth cut ribbons on over a dozen multi-use pathway projects, opening up roughly 20 miles’ worth of new bike and pedestrian infrastructure. We covered a number of those new trail openings in the past year: the 2-mile Community Path in Somerville (which will ultimately connect to […]
Route Review: The New Frequent-Service 109 From Somerville to …
5 days ago · StreetsblogMASS relies on the generous support of readers like you. Help us meet our year-end fundraising goals – give today! The MBTA's new Route 109 – one of four new "frequent-service" bus routes that started operating this week in the first phase of the agency's Bus Network Redesign initiative – is already saving time for hundreds of transit riders traveling between Somerville and ...
As Clock Ticks On Federal Funds, MassDOT Proposes Smaller 'Early …
Dec 5, 2024 · As state officials continue to struggle to overcome major financing shortfalls and design conflicts in MassDOT’s proposed Interstate 90 realignment in Allston, state highway officials have floated a proposal to spend the majority of the project’s committed federal funding on a dramatically-scaled back “early action” project that would be …
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Reversing Course Again, Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Says Allston Project Will ...
Dec 3, 2024 · StreetsblogMASS relies on the generous support of readers like you. Help us meet our year-end fundraising goals – give today! In an email to elected officials earlier this week, MassDOT Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt wrote that the state's plans for a new $2 billion highway interchange in Allston "will include layover tracks for MBTA/Compass Rail trains, two express tracks for the Worcester ...
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Oct 30, 2024 · The Rest of Boston’s New North Washington Street Bridge Will Open This Winter. The completion of the bridge deck will add a fourth lane for motor vehicles to invite more traffic into downtown Boston.