Out-of-state drivers are taking Massachusetts for a ride, to the tune of $26.8 million in unpaid tolls since the electronic system was implemented over two years ago, with Connecticut the biggest offender.
The communal rental scooters that began to pop up in cities around Boston over the last year as a new means of shared transportation would be treated as bicycles under the road safety bill Gov. Charlie Baker filed Tuesday.
In response to a proposal from lawmakers to increase local fees on ride-hailing companies, Uber said the fees would place an unfair burden on Massachusetts residents who rely on its service.
The leader of the MBTA’s Green Line Extension project told T overseers Monday that the trolley service extension is about 60 percent designed and said he has not seen signs of possible snags on the horizon.
The MBTA announced Orange Line delays Monday – not delays in subway service, but delays in beginning to get a fleet of 152 new Orange Line cars into passenger service on the T.
A stretch of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston will be rebuilt at ground level when the state demolishes the Interstate 90 viaduct at the western entrance to Boston, under a final design decision made Thursday by Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack.
The walk for people arriving by commuter trains at Boston’s North Station to nearby subway stops is now a lot safer and more comfortable.
Here’s hoping our incrementalist governor and our do-nothing legislature will step up to the challenges of fixing our broken transit system and housing supply in 2019.
The report’s call for a new finance plan to support transit needs is an encouraging step forward and should build momentum for action on legislation in 2019.
Ramirez’s departure comes just 15 months after he was chosen from a national pool of applicants to run the MBTA, and signed a three-year contract paying him $320,000 a year last year.
A commission created to examine the future of transportation in Massachusetts missed its Dec. 1 reporting goal but Baker administration officials said the report is still expected sometime this month.
It’s time for the annual turkey shoot, where we look at the biggest development flops, fizzles, thuds, duds, snafus and mediocrities in the making across the Bay State.
New hires join banks, engineering firms and real estate offices across the state.
The future of the transportation system in Massachusetts is a growing concern to commuters, businesses and residents throughout the state. There is heavy congestion and increased commuting times on our roads, while the mass transit system continues to be unreliable and inadequate.
The town of Randolph is seeking proposals for a 7-acre site near its MBTA commuter rail station that could support more than 100 housing units as part of a mixed-use development.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has partnered with the Statewide Stormwater Coalition to launch a stormwater awareness campaign to help Massachusetts cities and towns comply with new federal stormwater management requirements.
Boston officials have approved a two-year pilot program eliminating minimum square-footage requirements for new apartments and condominiums, a move that reflects changing household demographics and demand for more flexible housing options.
The MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday approved a $4 million contract for work to design a second commuter rail platform at Worcester’s Union Station.
The list of transportation projects that could have a transformative impact on the Seaport District is very small.
MassDevelopment directors have approved $30 million in I-Cubed funding for infrastructure related to the $854 million Hub on Causeway development at Boston’s TD Garden.
