Blue Hill Avenue is getting a much needed and long overdue makeover. Mayor Michelle Wu on Wednesday announced a $44 million plan to redesign one of the city's busiest corridors to make it safer and more efficient for bus riders, pedestrians and drivers. The core feature of the redesign will be a center-running bus lane.
The city of Boston is moving ahead with a controversial plan to implement a center-running bus lane on Blue Hill Avenue as part of a massive re-design that Mayor Wu and other policy leaders say will positively transform the corridor from Grove Hall to Mattapan Square. The $44 million overhaul will involve building out the center lane bus infrastructure starting in 2026, with
"Private ownership should not grant exclusionary privileges," writes one reader. Another writes, citing the Mattapan trolley, that "Milton shouldn’t be classified as rapid transit."
A long-awaited $32 million public works project aimed at improving safety and access along Cummins Highway will begin by mid-April, according to city officials who briefed members of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council on the plan on Monday evening. Jeffrey Alexis, chief design engineer for the Public Works Department (PWD), said a contractor has been selected and work
Three of the MBTA's most high-traffic bus routes will remain free-to-ride through March 2026, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday, citing the positive.