Gov. Healey has taken crucial steps to reverse the downward trajectory our transit systems were on. Part of the reason why this has gone unnoticed is that there remains so much to do to bring our transit systems up to the level that users deserve.
Fred Salvucci
Posted inOpinion
Big ideas for dealing with congestion at Logan
Massport should partner with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the MBTA to expand passenger rail capacity from South Station, including consideration of a new rail tunnel to Logan.
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I’ve seen the T recover twice in my lifetime
WITH DAILY NEWS of shocking and unacceptable conditions for T riders, there is a danger that people will conclude that failure is inevitable. However, I have seen the MBTA recover […]
Posted inTransportation
10 reasons for building a better highway
End of three-part series FOR US, the Allston interchange is more than a highway project. It’s a way to fix the mistakes of the past, reunite long-separated neighborhoods, and lay […]
Posted inOpinion
A partnership of sorts is transforming, recovering Allston
Second of three parts. IN THE PAST two decades, a partnership of sorts has emerged between the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the city of Boston, a variety of non-profit business […]
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How not to build a highway
First of three parts THE CONSTRUCTION of the Mass Turnpike through Allston, Brighton, and Newton in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a textbook example of the community, environmental, […]
