MassDOT, MBTA, Malden announces Florence Street project completion
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The state Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the city of Malden announced the completion of a series of quick-build multimodal roadway treatments along Florence Street in Malden, including shared bus-bicycle lanes, bicycle lanes and improved pedestrian crossings to enhance access to the MBTA Orange Line’s Malden Center Station and the surrounding downtown area.
These changes are a part of the Baker-Polito Administration’s Shared Streets & Spaces Program to facilitate quick-build projects that support safe, sustainable transportation modes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bus facilities are in effect immediately.
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BOSTON (AP) Massachusetts’ transit agency has approved service cuts to the Boston area’s public transportation system.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal Management and Control Board voted to approve the cuts Monday by a 3-2 vote. The service reductions were proposed in the wake of plummeting ridership as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cuts will eliminate weekend commuter rail services on seven lines, suspend 20 bus routes, and reduce ferry services and bus frequency.
They will also reduce subway service by 20% on the Green, Red, and Orange lines and by up to 5% on the Blue Line, which has shown higher ridership levels during the pandemic than other lines.
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TAYLOR ANN BRADFORD/Staff file photo /MBTA Deputy Administrator Jody Ray, left, explains train operations to a resident and state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, lower right, during an October visit to West Gloucester. A neighbor has hired an attorney in her family s fight against MBTA trains idling in the neighborhood. featured
By Taylor Ann Bradford Staff Writer Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
TAYLOR ANN BRADFORD/Staff file photo /MBTA Deputy Administrator Jody Ray, left, explains train operations to a resident and state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, lower right, during an October visit to West Gloucester. A neighbor has hired an attorney in her family s fight against MBTA trains idling in the neighborhood.
Vermont police: Wrong-way driver on I-91 causes crashes
Published: 12/14/2020 9:37:46 PM
Modified: 12/14/2020 9:37:42 PM
DUMMERSTON, Vt. Multiple people were injured in a series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 91 in Dummerston, Vermont State Police said.
Police received a report of a southbound vehicle in the northbound lane at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday.
A state trooper encountered the wrong-way driver and was sideswiped by the pickup truck.
The trooper turned around to pursue the vehicle.
A short time later, the pickup truck collided head-on with a northbound van, causing the van to strike a third vehicle. Two other vehicles went off the road while taking evasive action.