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Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)<p>The Mass Pike should be narrowed! But MassDOT is insisting they need to design for 20% more cars than are there today, and that could cost the project hundreds of millions of dollars.</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/1</span><span class="invisible">6/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower</span></a></p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MassPike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassPike</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/AllstonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllstonMA</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/AllstonBrighton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllstonBrighton</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/RoadDiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadDiet</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/BostonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonMA</span></a></p>
lkngrrr<p>It’s a particularly cruel joke that, on the morning of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DaylightSavings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DaylightSavings</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> chooses to put up “Don’t drive drowsy!” Signs all over the highways. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars from <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> on designs for the Allston I-90 project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday:<br><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a><br><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/02/03/designers-tempers-fray-as-major-issues-remain-unresolved-for-allston-i-90-project" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2025/02/0</span><span class="invisible">3/designers-tempers-fray-as-major-issues-remain-unresolved-for-allston-i-90-project</span></a></p>
ITSEC News<p>Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS - Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporti... <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/ch</span><span class="invisible">inese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/northtexastollauthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northtexastollauthority</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/csissecuritygroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csissecuritygroup</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/alittlesunshine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alittlesunshine</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/latestwarnings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latestwarnings</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/thetollroads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thetollroads</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/webfraud2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webfraud2</span></a>.0 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fordmerrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fordmerrill</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/secalliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secalliance</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/smsphishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smsphishing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouse</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ezdrivema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ezdrivema</span></a> #@chenlun <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/imessage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imessage</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/smishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smishing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/massdot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massdot</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sunpass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunpass</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fbi</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ic3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ic3</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rcs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcs</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>Amidst growing uncertainties about the financing and design of its Allston I-90 highway realignment megaproject, <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> suggests spending $250M on a smaller "early action" project focused on improvements around the Cambridge St. bridge:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/05/as-clock-ticks-on-federal-funds-massdot-proposes-smaller-early-action-project-for-allston-i-90" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/0</span><span class="invisible">5/as-clock-ticks-on-federal-funds-massdot-proposes-smaller-early-action-project-for-allston-i-90</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>A surprise <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> decision to add a controversial diesel train layover yard back into the state's beleaguered Allston I-90 project is not going over well with the project's neighbors and stakeholders:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/03/reversing-course-again-sec-tibbits-nutt-says-allston-project-will-include-multi-acre-train-yard-after-all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/0</span><span class="invisible">3/reversing-course-again-sec-tibbits-nutt-says-allston-project-will-include-multi-acre-train-yard-after-all</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>Officials from the <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> and <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> are sounding alarms that passenger rail service in the Boston region "would cease within weeks" if <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> follows through on plans to demolish a critical rail bridge for a proposed highway megaproject in Allston. <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@universalhub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>universalhub</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/10/10/mbta-amtrak-warn-that-massdots-allston-highway-megaproject-could-inflict-significant-impacts-on-regional-rail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/10/1</span><span class="invisible">0/mbta-amtrak-warn-that-massdots-allston-highway-megaproject-could-inflict-significant-impacts-on-regional-rail</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>A $1 billion grant from Washington D.C. puts <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> closer to building a wider replacement for the Sagamore Bridge to Cape Cod – but the proposed Bourne Bridge replacement still faces a multi-billion-dollar funding gap</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/07/12/with-another-1-billion-pledge-from-washington-massdot-can-almost-afford-sagamore-bridge-replacement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/07/1</span><span class="invisible">2/with-another-1-billion-pledge-from-washington-massdot-can-almost-afford-sagamore-bridge-replacement</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>At a public hearing on Friday – with in-person and virtual options – <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> will present new requirements for truck safety equipment that's designed to prevent traffic deaths:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/07/08/massdot-to-host-friday-hearing-on-new-requirements-for-truck-safety-equipment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/07/0</span><span class="invisible">8/massdot-to-host-friday-hearing-on-new-requirements-for-truck-safety-equipment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VisionZero</span></a></p>
Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)<p>. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cambridgeday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cambridgeday</span></a></span> recently reported on the <a href="https://better.boston/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> city council trying to get more involved in <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> 's plan for the Cambridgeport rotary near the <a href="https://better.boston/tags/BU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BU</span></a> bridge.<br><a href="https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/06/11/cambridgeport-council-fight-being-passed-over-as-state-sets-its-plans-for-bu-overpass-and-rotary/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridgeday.com/2024/06/11/ca</span><span class="invisible">mbridgeport-council-fight-being-passed-over-as-state-sets-its-plans-for-bu-overpass-and-rotary/</span></a><br>Was this in reaction to some update? What's MassDOT's current plan for the rotary?</p>
StreetsblogMASS<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a>'s new long-range plan looks to the year 2050 – the same year that Massachusetts will must end most fossil fuel consumption under state law. </p><p>But MassDOT's plan pointedly dodges any mention of the state's <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> law and its requirements:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/27/critics-say-massdots-new-beyond-mobility-plan-is-missing-accountability" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/2</span><span class="invisible">7/critics-say-massdots-new-beyond-mobility-plan-is-missing-accountability</span></a><br><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/mapoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapoli</span></a></p>
Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)<p>Traffic engineer predicts traffic volumes will increase, surprise surprise. They say it'll be a disaster if, after many years of being 3 lames wide, the pike isn't widened to 4 lanes.</p><p>How many millions of dollars could we save on this project (which isn't fully funded yet) if we didn't have to build quite so much space for cars? <a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/getting-the-i-90-allston-puzzle-pieces-to-fit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commonwealthbeacon.org/transpo</span><span class="invisible">rtation/getting-the-i-90-allston-puzzle-pieces-to-fit/</span></a><br><a href="https://better.boston/tags/I90" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>I90</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Allston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allston</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>There have been a lot of recent developments and changes to <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a>'s <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Allston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allston</span></a> Multimodal Project, so we've done a comprehensive rewrite of our explainer on the $2 billion megaproject:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/24/a-rough-guide-to-bostons-allston-i-90-megaproject" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/2</span><span class="invisible">4/a-rough-guide-to-bostons-allston-i-90-megaproject</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>In the past month, advocates have convinced <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> to make two major changes to the scope of the <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Allston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allston</span></a> I-90 realignment. </p><p>The project still faces a multi-hundred-million dollar shortfall, and advocates are hopeful that the agency will balance the budget by subtracting some highway lanes:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/22/advocates-win-concessions-as-state-starts-value-engineering-allston-i-90-megaproject" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/2</span><span class="invisible">2/advocates-win-concessions-as-state-starts-value-engineering-allston-i-90-megaproject</span></a></p>
ts 🚉<p>Will <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> and <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> actually do something to stop motor vehicle deaths?</p><p>Posting a lower speed limit alone will do next to nothing. </p><p><a href="https://thepit.social/tags/BosPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BosPoli</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt told <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> management they need to do more to increase representation of women in the T's overwhelmingly male workforce.</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/05/sec-tibbits-nutt-tells-the-t-to-do-better-recruiting-women-into-its-workforce" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/0</span><span class="invisible">5/sec-tibbits-nutt-tells-the-t-to-do-better-recruiting-women-into-its-workforce</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> learned Monday that it had won $335 million in federal funds for the $2 billion <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Allston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allston</span></a> multimodal project. It's a major vote of confidence in the project, but significant funding gaps still remain:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/03/11/massdot-wins-335-million-federal-grant-for-allston-highway-megaproject" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/03/1</span><span class="invisible">1/massdot-wins-335-million-federal-grant-for-allston-highway-megaproject</span></a></p>
StreetsblogMASS<p>In an interview, <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt reveals that <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MBTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBTA</span></a> commuter rail fares from her hometown (Zone 8, where a monthly pass costs $388) are prohibitively expensive, even for her:</p><p><a href="https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/03/06/sec-tibbits-nutt-discusses-metrowest-transport-issues-with-rep-cataldo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mass.streetsblog.org/2024/03/0</span><span class="invisible">6/sec-tibbits-nutt-discusses-metrowest-transport-issues-with-rep-cataldo</span></a></p>
Edward Faulkner<p>Hey <a href="https://better.boston/tags/arlingtonma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arlingtonma</span></a> and <a href="https://better.boston/tags/massdot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massdot</span></a>, this is deeply-embarrassing shit for an allegedly-progressive town’s center in 2024. If you think you need please-don’t-kill-me flags for pedestrians what you actually need is hard traffic-calming infrastructure.</p>
Sky Rose 🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them)<p>In case you missed it: MassDOT's plans for tearing down McGrath Highway are here, and they're so good!<br><a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b15e3ea23869494da8382d0e646e5a77" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b</span><span class="invisible">15e3ea23869494da8382d0e646e5a77</span></a></p><p><a href="https://better.boston/tags/SomervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SomervilleMA</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/MassDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDOT</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/CambridgeMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeMA</span></a> <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a></p>