Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boston

Boston Cyclists Excavate Massive Snow Tunnel To Restore Bike Path

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 23, 2015 | 8 Comments

For every pedestrian and cyclist who’s had your journey interrupted by an impassable mound of snow, we bring you this story from Boston. Earlier this month, Beantown resident Ari Goldberger found his journey to the Wellington Station T stop impeded by a “15-foot mountain of snow.” He registered his complaint to the powers that be, but he […]

Despite Problems, Boston’s MBTA Should Continue to Expand

By Tony Dutzik | Feb 12, 2015 | 11 Comments

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 from the Frontier Group. As you may have heard, we’ve been experiencing a few public transportation problems here in Boston of late. Record-smashing snowfall, coupled with extreme cold […]

Boosting Transit Ridership With New Stations, Not New Track

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 28, 2014 | No Comments

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 Transport Politic calls them infill stations: new transit stops built in gaps along existing rail lines. Current examples include Assembly Station just outside Boston […]

Why the Senate Transportation Bill Will Devastate Transit

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2014 | 21 Comments

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 further into dangerous disrepair. The backlog for transit maintenance and replacement stands “conservatively” at $86 billion, according to the Federal Transit Administration. That […]

Anthony Foxx Kicks Off Nationwide Project for Better Bike Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Apr 29, 2014 | 3 Comments

Staring down a highway trust fund that he described as “teetering toward insolvency” by August or September, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Monday that better bike infrastructure projects are part of the solution. “When you have a swelling population like the USA has and will have for the next 35 years, one of the […]

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