Central Artery News Today

With federal funding for the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel committed, officials talked about what happens now to build the nation's biggest infrastructure project.

Newly revealed renderings for the Port Authority Bus Terminal replacement include a micropark atop Dyer Avenue, retail space along 40th Street, and a big atrium where the 41st Street tunnel now runs through the building.

LAWRENCE — It’s 2:30 sharp, Wednesday.

The state still is expected to pay for the bulk of the project’s nearly $2 billion price tag, with contributions from the city of Boston, Harvard University, and Boston University.

An excerpt from John King's Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities—and a reminder of how much attitudes can change about car-dominated cities and infrastructure

One of Boston’s smallest neighborhoods, an ethnic enclave with a rich history in the city’s urban core, is changing. The effects of years-long gentrification are roiling the neighborhood.

Coyle was always on the public’s side. And thanks to his creative approach, he gained a national reputation as overseer of a Boston planning renaissance.

“There’s a lot of hiding at the T, of keeping secrets, of not passing along bad news,” said Thomas P. Glynn, the chair of the T's oversight board. “It’s part of the culture.”

Was the Big Dig a boon or a bust? Ian Coss set out to answer that question in his nine-part podcast series “The Big Dig” from GBH News and PRX in Boston.

It needs the idealism of the Big Dig era.