Boston
Boosting Transit Ridership With New Stations, Not New Track
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 in Somerville, DC’s NoMa Station, and the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.
August 28, 2014
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 further into dangerous disrepair.
May 22, 2014
Anthony Foxx Kicks Off Nationwide Project for Better Bike Lanes
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.
April 29, 2014
Boston Doctors Now Prescribing Bike-Share Memberships
The newest tool for doctors in the fight against obesity? That's right: Bike-share.
March 28, 2014
Green Lane Project Picks Six New Cities to Make Big Progress on Bikeways
More than 100 cities applied for the second round of the Green Lane Project, the program that helps cities build better bike infrastructure, including protected lanes.
March 10, 2014
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.
February 19, 2014
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.
December 10, 2013
Boston Introduces “Super Sharrows”
Behold, Boston's new "super sharrows," a spin on the often-derided shared-lane marking. Boston's new twist is meant to give the feel of a bike lane, even when the space for one is lacking. The official term for this street treatment is "priority shared-lane markings," and they were debuted in the last few weeks on Boston's Brighton Avenue.
November 21, 2013
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.
November 7, 2013
Study: Homes Near Transit Were Insulated From the Housing Crash
If you live close to a transit station, chances are you’ve weathered the recession better than your friends who don’t.
March 22, 2013