Christian MilNeil — Streetsblog USA

Eyes On the Street: A Quick Ride on Boston’s New Transitway

Boston’s new center-running bus lanes are open for business in Roxbury, and they’re already delivering major benefits to pedestrian and transit riders along Columbus Avenue between Franklin Park and the Jackson Square Orange Line stop. StreetsblogMASS visited the new bus lanes on Wednesday morning to try them out. The 0.7 mile ride went by remarkably […]

Christian MilNeil

November 3, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Equity

Boston Establishes Maximum Parking Rules for Large Developments

The City of Boston recently announced new planning guidelines for large developments that will limit the amount of parking that developers will be allowed to build, with stricter limits applying in the city’s most transit-accessible neighborhoods. The guidelines are outlined in a new map, which specifies allowable parking ratios for housing, office, and institutional uses […]

Christian MilNeil

October 13, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Streetsblog

Good2Go Brings Equitable, All-Electric Carsharing to Roxbury

A new nonprofit carsharing business recently launched in Roxbury with the goal of offering a lower-cost, all-electric carsharing service for lower-income households.

Christian MilNeil

July 29, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Boston

Streetsfilms Features the North End’s Outdoor Dining Streets Transformations

Clarence Eckerson, Jr. features a tour of the North End's remarkable outdoor dining streets in his latest Streetfilm.

Christian MilNeil

July 27, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Streetsblog

Bluebikes Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Greater Boston’s Bluebikes bikesharing system has surged past its pre-pandemic ridership levels, and set a new a single day trip record of 15,335 trips on Saturday. That’s 15 percent higher than 2019’s peak daily ridership, set on Sept. 25, 2019, with 13,113 trips. The system also celebrates its 10-year anniversary this week. Bluebikes, then known […]

Christian MilNeil

July 26, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Bicycling

Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent

Bikeshare traffic across the Allston and Fenway neighborhoods more than doubled after a city project added protected bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue. Furthermore, the fastest growth involved trips that would have been likely to use the newly-built protected bike lanes.

Christian MilNeil

July 22, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |MBTA

New Northeast Corridor Rail Plan Would Boost MBTA Providence Line Projects

The Northeast Corridor Commission, a federally-convened partnership between the states and Amtrak, has released a new 15-year plan to upgrade tracks and stations for faster trips between Boston and Washington, DC. If all of the recommended projects from the new “Connect NEC 2035” plan were funded and built, the Commission estimates that Amtrak’s travel times […]

Christian MilNeil

July 14, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Bicycling

Report: Workplace Parking Subsidies Could Drive A Return to Gridlock

"Boston and other municipalities should accelerate the reconfiguration of roadways for the highest and best use of that space," the report urges.

Christian MilNeil

June 22, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Boston

Bucking National Trends, City of Boston Marks Progress on ‘Vision Zero’

"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.

Christian MilNeil

May 10, 2021

Streetsblog Massachusetts |Environment

Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us

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 […]

Christian MilNeil

April 23, 2021