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Michelle Wu, MBTA low wage fare

Joint rally urges legislators to advance low-income fare system on the MBTA

Emilia Wisniewski April 27, 2022
Mayor Wu and two transportation coalitions rallied for a MBTA low-income fare program.
A sign in South Station promoting Imagine Boston 2030, a series of citywide improvement plans. Over half of the framework’s transportation projects are currently underway. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Walsh’s Go Boston 2030 transportation plan reaches major milestone

Kate Gilberd November 6, 2019
Mayor Walsh announced over half of the projects outlined in Go Boston 2030 are currently underway, two years after the plan was first released.
Passengers board the Green Line at the Kenmore stop. Boston’s public transportation was ranked second best in the nation in a list of rankings released by WalletHub on Tuesday. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

Boston’s public transit ranks second in the nation

Joel Lau September 13, 2019
Seattle was the only city to beat Boston, taking first place in the rankings, which looked at accessibility, reliability, and available resources.
The latest idea for the Massachusetts Turnpike includes an elevated bike path along the Charles River. ILLUSTRATION BY GUTHRIE KUCKES

New proposal for Mass. Pike rebuild would elevate bike path through Allston

Sophie Lyu October 16, 2018
Massachusetts officials are considering a new Massachusetts Turnpike reconstruction plan that would elevate the bike and pedestrian path along the Charles River.
Parking meter prices change starting Monday in the Seaport District. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY KECHENG LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City adjusts parking meter prices in Seaport District

Jordan Kimmel April 6, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh imposed parking meter changes in the Seaport District Monday, altering prices by 50 cents in an attempt to introduce flexible parking tolls in demanding metropolitan zones,...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh releases the "Go Boston 2030 Vision and Action Plan," a list of projects dedicated improving transportation systems for the next decade. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ETHAN CAPPELLO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh announces plan to improve Boston’s transportation system

Sabrina Schnur March 12, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh proposed the “Go Boston 2030 Vision and Action Plan,” which will serve to guide the city’s transportation agenda for at least a decade, according to a press release...

Parking meters line Babcock Street on Boston University's West Campus. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is launching a program to examine the cost and quality of parking in the city. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City of Boston looks to potentially raise parking meter rates

Shannon Larson December 6, 2016

A one-year parking pilot program that examines the relationship between the price and the demand of parking in Boston will launch at the beginning of 2017 by the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics,...

Innovation District improves transportation to prevent traffic problems

Daily Free Press Admin October 7, 2013

Within the next year, departments such as Massport and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will work on developments in South Boston’s Innovation District after Boston Mayor Thomas Menino...

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