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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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My thoughts on road trips

Khadijah Khogeer April 2, 2021
My first road trip to Cape Cod illuminated why road trips are an adventurous experience.
empty mbta train at boston college

Pandemic slashes Boston traffic

Anna Stjernquist March 12, 2021
Boston drivers lost an average of 48 hours to traffic in 2020 — down from 101 hours in 2019 — according to an INRIX report. The city’s congestion now ranks fourth in the United States, behind New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Intersection, an urban technology and media company, announced Friday that the company will install Bluetooth Smart beacons in select Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority rail stations to better understand riders' behaviors. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

MBTA technology pilot to track riders, make transportation easier

Olivia Quintana September 30, 2015

Residents will have the chance to use technology that will improve their transportation experience as a result of a pilot currently in development by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The...

LittleFoot Energy is a company based in Somerville that helps support energy projects free of charge. PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVIN POULSEN

Environmentally-friendly businesses add strength to Boston’s sustainability efforts

Becca DeGregorio October 6, 2014

Energy-guzzlers and pollution-emitters are some names that may get thrown around when placing businesses in context of the environment. But with the continued drainage of natural resources due to inefficient...

Boston University researchers have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to work on "Smart City," a program that aims to simplify a variety of municipal functions via a mass centralized database. PHOTO BY EVAN JONES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF. GRAPHIC BY CLINTON NGUYEN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Smart City: BU researchers work to improve urban living

Amanda Lucidi October 2, 2014

English zoologist and author Desmond Morris once said, “The city is not a concrete jungle. It is a human zoo.” In Boston, this metaphor certainly holds true thanks to the city’s less-than-savory...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.6 class solar flare flash in the middle of the sun on Sept 10. PHOTO COURTESY OF NASA/SDO

Recent solar storm signals mass increase in sun’s activity

Becca DeGregorio September 25, 2014

A healthy distance of approximately 150 million kilometers separates the Sun and Earth, according to Universe Today. For the two intergalactic spheres, this gap provides just enough coziness. But certain...

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