THE MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY staged a dry run on Wednesday to demonstrate how a centralized location for Uber and Lyft pickups and drop-offs will work at Logan International Airport. With […]
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Cities eye higher fees on Uber, Lyft rides
HIGHER FEES on Uber and Lyft rides appear to be gaining some momentum around the country as a way of raising money and dealing with congestion, and they are likely […]
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Cities eye higher fees on Uber, Lyft rides
Higher fees on Uber and Lyft rides appear to be gaining some momentum around the country as a way of raising money and dealing with congestion, and they are likely […]
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Tackling traffic, fixing the T, and saving the planet
THE TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES facing the Boston region have come to feel like an existential threat on more than one level. Business leaders, including Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce chief Jim […]
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Tackling traffic, fixing the T, and saving the planet
The transportation challenges facing the Boston region have come to feel like an existential threat on more than one level. Business leaders, including Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce chief Jim […]
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Boston’s congestion can be hazardous to your health
WHEN TRAFFIC IS at a standstill – as it is all too often in metro Boston these days – there are big-picture economic and environmental impacts. But congestion can also […]
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Congestion: Worst, bad, Uber and Lyft
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION’S congestion study put some hard data behind the public’s sense – correct, as it turned out – that Greater Boston’s already bad traffic got worse in the […]
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For complex traffic problem, Baker offers smorgasbord
LACKING A “SILVER BULLET” to deal with traffic congestion, Gov. Charlie Baker presented a scattershot plan Thursday to tinker with intersections, quickly clear road wrecks, and consider building special new […]
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Old mindset exacerbates new traffic problems
Commuting in Greater Boston has become a colossal headache, but it’s more than just our roads and trains that seem gummed up. Maybe our thinking is too. That’s the argument […]