Board of Supervisors Chairman Tom Galvin, in a written statement, said the bridge is a “vital connection” to the East Valley.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning ...

Relative velocity’s a hell of a thing. It’s impossible to conceptualize how fast 300 kilometers per hour is until you’re on a ...

On April 29, 2016, the Rail Users’ Network (RUN) held a conference in Boston with the theme: “Who’s Looking Out for You? The ...

A project to build a new car-free bridge over the Mystic River between Everett and Somerville is under new management, and undergoing design changes that will likely delay its construction further ...

Maura Healey is touting the fact that her new plan to solve the MBTA's financial problems does ... "It's not enough to fix every single road and bridge in the Commonwealth but it is certainly ...

Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won’t follow in Milton’s footsteps.

Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

HAVERHILL — With a letter of compliance to the state’s MBTA zoning mandate in hand, Haverhill officials say the city is ahead of most in the region in qualifying for special state grants.

The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law last week, but said it was “ineffective” until the governor’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable ...

TOWN LEADERS PUT FORWARD AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO TRY TO MEET THE STATE’S MBTA COMMUNITIES ACT ... ALTHOUGH TOWN LEADERS SAY THAT NUMBER IS AT THE HIGH END OF WHAT WOULD BE BUILT UNDER THE PLAN.

Last week, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled that the MBTA Communities Act was indeed constitutional but the regulations passed to determine compliance did not go through the correct public ...

The MBTA Communities Law requires all cities and ... joined the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority must create a high-density multi-family housing overlay district. Cities and towns ...