Christian MilNeil
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Report: Workplace Parking Subsidies Drive Congestion
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"Boston and other municipalities should accelerate the reconfiguration of roadways for the highest and best use of that space," the report urges.
Boston Marks Progress on ‘Vision Zero’
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"In order to truly achieve Vision Zero, there need to be fewer single-occupancy vehicles on the road," concludes a new progress report from the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition.
Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us
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To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims to accomplish this not with improvements to transit and safer streets, but with widespread subsidies for new electric vehicles. Massachusetts is home to many of the world’s […]
Airport Invites Travelers to Honor Earth Day By...Driving
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On Monday, a Boston Logan International Airport social media staffer, possibly impaired from the permanent haze of toxic, partially-combusted hydrocarbons that hangs over their workplace, invited travelers to celebrate Earth Day by driving to the airport. “For those traveling, parking at the airport brings you close to your terminal and reduces the impact on the […]
Boston Aims for E-Cargo Bike Pilot in 2022
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The City of Boston has engaged a consulting firm to propose new policies and design a pilot program for e-cargo bike deliveries in an effort to reduce congestion and air pollution on downtown streets.
Mass. Gets New Complete Streets Criteria
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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 […]
Mass. Bike Light Legislation Renews Policing Debate
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"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."
How to Build a Cheap Homemade Speed Camera
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Most drivers in the North End go under 20 mph - but reckless speeding over 40 mph was distressingly common.
EV Rebates Overwhelmingly Benefit Wealthy Suburbanites
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The Baker administration has spent $14 million to subsidize purchases of new Teslas, whose products are all categorized as "luxury" cars.
Study Discovers High Levels of Air Pollution on Subways
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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.
Murder Charges Filed for Racist ‘Road Rage’ Killing
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“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.”
Data: Road Violence Affects Black Neighborhoods More
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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.