5 days ago · Designers’ Tempers Fray As Major Issues Remain Unresolved for Allston I-90 Project. A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars for its design work on the Allston Multimodal Project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday.

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Feb 3, 2025 · Designers’ Tempers Fray As Major Issues Remain Unresolved for Allston I-90 Project. A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars for its design work on the Allston Multimodal Project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday.

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 […]

Feb 3, 2025 · Rail Designers’ Tempers Fray As Major Issues Remain Unresolved for Allston I-90 Project. A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars for its design work on the Allston Multimodal Project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday.

Jan 14, 2025 · Going Out With A Bang: Biden’s USDOT Pledges Funding to Infrastructure Projects Across Massachusetts. The largest grant award will fund the reconstruction of the McGrath Highway in Somerville as a narrower, grade-level boulevard.

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 ...

Dec 12, 2024 · 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.

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 …

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 […]