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Friday Video: Sen. Ed Markey Says Democrats ‘Have to Fight Harder’
StreetsblogMASS rode the bus from Malden to Chelsea with Sen. Ed Markey to talk federal transportation policy and this fall's elections.
August 28, 2026
Friday Video: The Massachusetts Company That Traded the Trash Truck For a Bike
This small worker-owned cooperative is reimagining how to do recycling, composting, yardwork and more — no diesel required.
August 29, 2025
States, We Need Your Vision to Get to ‘Zero’
State DOTs play a central role in the safety and sustainability of transportation systems because states set policies. Here are two that do it poorly and two that do it well.
December 26, 2023
America’s Best Bus Stops Round 1: Bus Stop Behemoths
As we continue our quest to find America's best bus stop, we thought we'd bend the rules just a bit and take a look at bus stations — some of which serve a few other types of transit, too.
March 18, 2022
Boston Has a Choice Between Two Transportation Futures
Unlike some other projects in this report, there is no escaping the need for major investment in transportation infrastructure in this section of Boston. The question is how.
January 1, 2021
Maine Police Threaten Streetsblog Editor at His Home, Reference His Calls for Police Accountability On Twitter
Police in Portland, ME are alleging that Streetsblog editor Christian MilNeil committed an act of vandalism against a police substation — but they did not disclose this when they harassed him at his home, and MilNeil says he is innocent.
June 9, 2020
COVID-19 Cuts Car Crashes — But What About Crash Rates?
This silver lining is tarnished: The number of car crashes is plummeting, but the rate of car crashes is actually up in many cities — as are the injury and fatality rates for both drivers and vulnerable users.
April 9, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: How to Make a Bus Corridor Great
Imagine a city that transforms a congested roadway into something that works for transit users and cyclists! It's Boston. Check out our podcast with a Beantown planner.
March 26, 2020
Former Mass Gov. Mike Dukakis: Driving Is For Turkeys
Mike Dukakis loves transit, but hates how his neighbors leave turkey carcasses at his Brookline door.
December 2, 2019
Take Transit to the Airport — Cut the TSA Line
More cities are introducing incentives for flyers to ditch cars and taxis and take public transit to their area airports. Here's a roundup.
October 21, 2019
