Christian MilNeil

‘Essential’ Work Demands Put Areas of Color at Risk

While much of the nation is staying at home to minimize the risks of COVID-19 transmission, the essential workers who continue to deliver our basic needs are still commuting to their jobs. That puts them at risk.

Christian MilNeil

April 27, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Accessibility

Mixed Signals: ‘Beg Buttons’ and the Pandemic

Across the country, engineers are acknowledging the uselessness of push-to-walk buttons at crosswalks — and some are even reprogramming traffic lights to make walk signals automatic for the duration of the outbreak." […]

Christian MilNeil

April 21, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |COVID-19

Study: Highway Pollution Contributes to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates

A new nationwide study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggests that people living in neighborhoods with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution are more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than patients from areas with cleaner air. That’s especially concerning for many of communities of color in Massachusetts, where the legacies […]

Christian MilNeil

April 7, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |MBTA

Feds Send $1B to Mass. Transit Agencies

Massachusetts transit agencies will get just over $1 billion in emergency funding to help sustain service through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The funding comes from a $25 billion line-item for transit assistance in the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,” the bill that quickly moved through Congress […]

Christian MilNeil

April 2, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |COVID-19

Congress Urged to Save Transit During Crisis

A $1 trillion draft economic stabilization plan from the U.S. Senate provides no financial assistance for the nation’s transit agencies, which have been bleeding red ink as the COVID-19 pandemic slashes fare collections and revenues from state sales and payroll taxes. Large transit agencies, whose budgets are generally more reliant on fare revenue, have taken […]

Christian MilNeil

March 20, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |COVID-19

Crisis Stretches Small Transit Providers Thinner

The coronavirus outbreak is a disaster for big systems — but it might be even worse for the little guys.

Christian MilNeil

March 19, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Streetsblog

We Can Have Public Process Without Public Meetings

As cities and towns across Massachusetts embrace increasingly strict social distancing measures, hundreds of public meetings across the state are being cancelled.

Christian MilNeil

March 16, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Legislation

Pols Seek Higher Corporate, Gas Taxes for Transit

It's not yet clear whether the House bill will provide a sufficient amount of funding to meet the MBTA's needs for additional staff and new capital projects.

Christian MilNeil

February 26, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Equity

Fees On Rideshare Help Fund Boston Sidewalks

Fees on Silicon Valley's double-parking, bike lane-blocking drivers are already funding important "complete streets" projects throughout the Boston region.

Christian MilNeil

January 27, 2020

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Environment

Brookline to Boost Transit Over Inefficient Cars

Brookline's town meeting this month voted to set ambitious benchmarks for moving more people by sustainable modes of transport by 2030.

Christian MilNeil

December 26, 2019

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