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MassDOT snow and ice crews are mobilized for the winter travel season now upon us. More than 4,000 pieces of equipment are available to treat and clear state roads and are called as needed. Crews pre-treat roads with salt and liquid deicers where conditions allow. …Continue Reading Winter Driving Tips
MassDOT’s Callahan Tunnel Project begins with a full tunnel closure for rehabilitation at 11:00 pm, Friday, December 27, 2013 through March 12, 2014. The Callahan Tunnel Project web page now includes detour maps. The detour routes were carefully developed by the project team with input …Continue Reading Callahan Tunnel Closure: Detour Maps Posted
MassDOT’s Visualizing Transportation Hackathon in Cambridge December 13-14 in partnership with the Mass Big Data Initiative, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and hack/reduce, will release data sets on travel in Massachusetts and open a challenge to the public to collaborate around analyzing this data and visualizing resulting …Continue Reading MassDOT Hackathon: Big Data Boosts Transportation
MassDOT and the MBTA are holding the 13th annual “Fill-A-Bus” new toy donation program next week, December 9 – 13. Please donate a new, unwrapped toy when the Fill-A-Bus visits your community! The Fill-A-Bus program benefits MSPCC – Mass Society for the Prevention of Cruelty …Continue Reading MassDOT, MBTA: Fill-a-Bus with Toys!
Governor Deval Patrick announced today that the MBTA will launch late-night bus, subway and light rail service beginning next spring. “A vibrant economy demands a public transit system that caters to the residents, students and tourists it serves,” said Governor Patrick. “Extending service on weekend …Continue Reading Governor Patrick Announces Late Night MBTA Service
MBTA ridership for October 2013 increased by nearly 3% over October 2012, and totaled 36.228 million passenger trips. According to MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott, “Our October numbers represent the highest monthly ridership recorded since the beginning of the MBTA.” Average daily ridership for October …Continue Reading MBTA October Ridership Jumps
At the turn of the last century, South Station included 28 tracks, as seen in this view of the tracks and original train shed in 1904 (photo courtesy Detroit Publishing Company). 18 of the original tracks were demolished during the construction of the Post Office …Continue Reading Engineering a New South Station Rail System
MassDOT’s design/build contractor for the Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project will continue work beginning Monday, December 2. The work will require day and night lane closures on I-95 northbound and southbound throughout the project limits. Daytime closures will be limited to single lanes. Nighttime closures may …Continue Reading Whittier Bridge Project: December 2 Update
MassDOT encourages Thanksgiving holiday travelers to plan ahead with the high volume of traffic on our highways and at Boston Logan International Airport expected this year. Highways will be busiest on Tuesday, Nov. 26 and Wednesday Nov. 27 and on the Sunday after the holiday. …Continue Reading Thanksgiving Holiday Travel Tips
Governor Deval Patrick in Springfield today announced a $200 million investment in Phase 1 of the I-91 Springfield Viaduct project and additional funding to create a permanent home for Camp STAR Angelina at Forest Park. These investments in Greater Springfield will help unlock potential for …Continue Reading Governor Patrick Announces Springfield I-91 Viaduct Project
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