MBTA Tells Riders to Expect Faster Speeds on Subways and Buses. The T aims to increase subway speeds on the Braintree branch of the Red Line to 50 mph within the next few days, and to 55 mph on the Malden and Medford segments of the Orange Line later this year.

2025年1月27日 · MBTA Tells Riders to Expect Faster Speeds on Subways and Buses. The T aims to increase subway speeds on the Braintree branch of the Red Line to 50 mph within the next few days, and to 55 mph on the Malden and Medford segments of …

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2024年12月30日 · 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 […]

2023年12月26日 · 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 […]

2024年12月26日 · 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.

2024年11月2日 · The MBTA reopened the full length of the Orange Line on Saturday morning after a week-long closure for track work, and for the first time since Deval Patrick was the Governor of Massachusetts, the line’s trains are running at full speed, without any speed restrictions. The T had closed the north side of the Orange […]

2019年7月11日 · Our streets are public spaces: they belong to all of us, not just the few who operate the most life-threatening and polluting vehicles. Making the Commonwealth’s streets work better for pedestrians, bikes and transit will make our cities healthier, safer, more affordable, and more egalitarian.

2024年12月12日 · StreetsblogMASS relies on the generous support of readers like you. Help us meet our year-end fundraising goals – give today! After a driver struck and killed Glenn Inghram outside Forest Hills station this fall, dozens of Forest Hills residents organized to mourn and demand immediate safety improvements to Hyde Park Avenue, the four-lane highway that slices through their neighborhood.

StreetsblogMASS is a daily news source connecting people from all walks of life to information about how to reduce dependence on cars, promote human-centered, equitable, and environmentally sustainable places, and improve conditions for walking, biking, and transit. Massachusetts has ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks (the state’s largest source of […]