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Christian MilNeil

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Mass. Gets New Complete Streets Criteria

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments
While many state highway bureaucracies treat bike, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure as an afterthought, new MassDOT highway engineering guidelines will require traffic engineers to include sidewalks, crosswalks, bus stops, and high-quality bike facilities when they design upgrades for the Commonwealth’s major roadways. In a directive adopted in January 2020, MassDOT formally adopted three new “controlling […]
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Mass. Bike Light Legislation Renews Policing Debate

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 19, 2021 | No Comments
"There are concerns we have that this would be enforced through police interactions, and we know those to be inherently inequitable, and that they lead to more drastic incidents for people of color."
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How to Build a Cheap Homemade Speed Camera

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 26, 2021 | No Comments
Most drivers in the North End go under 20 mph - but reckless speeding over 40 mph was distressingly common.
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EV Rebates Overwhelmingly Benefit Wealthy Suburbanites

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 18, 2021 | No Comments
The Baker administration has spent $14 million to subsidize purchases of new Teslas, whose products are all categorized as "luxury" cars.
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Study Discovers High Levels of Air Pollution on Subways

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments
The study team found that the average level of fine particulate pollution on Boston's underground subway platforms was 139.8 micrograms per cubic meter – a level of pollution that's categorized as "unhealthy" under the EPA's air quality index.
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Murder Charges Filed for Racist ‘Road Rage’ Killing

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 25, 2021 | No Comments
“He wanted to be the best dad he could be to Eli, and he never wanted to miss a day of Eli’s life. And somebody took that from him. Somebody took that from my son. Somebody took that from me.”
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Data: Road Violence Affects Black Neighborhoods More

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments
Of the 210 fatal car crashes in Massachusetts where a driver killed a bike rider or pedestrian between 2018 and 2020, a quarter of those killings occurred in neighborhoods where the Black population makes up a higher-than-average proportion of the population.
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Mass. To Raise Taxes on E-Taxis

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 6, 2021 | No Comments
In 2018, there were about 50 million Uber and Lyft rides that originated in Boston and Cambridge alone, which could have contributed around $10 million in new revenue for the T had this policy been in place then.
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Three Boston-Area Bike/Walk Trails Coming In 2021

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 28, 2020 | No Comments
Construction activities have slowed down considerably for the winter season, but three major new trail projects in Boston’s suburbs are poised to open for traffic in early 2021: the Cochituate Trail in Natick, the Cambridge-Watertown Greenway, and the extension of the Northern Strand Trail in Revere, Saugus, and Lynn. State officials stress that these three […]
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Mass. Joins N’East Transport Cap-and-Trade Program

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 21, 2020 | No Comments
e set aside to fund transit, bike, and pedestrian improvements, in order to give New Englanders more options to get around without burning gasoline.
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In The Northeast, It’s #Sneckdown Season

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 21, 2020 | No Comments
Last week’s storm has created major hassles for pedestrians trying to navigate buried sidewalks, but there’s one silver lining: it’s left thousands of “sneckdowns,” places where snowbanks have narrowed down the roadway and forced cars to slow down considerably (a “snow neckdown”). Streetsfilms editor Clarence Eckerson first documented “naturally occurring neckdowns” in 2006. “The snow […]
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Biden Appoints Buttigieg for Sec. of Transportation

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 15, 2020 | No Comments
Buttigieg will have a major responsibility in making sure the Biden administration meets its climate goals.
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