While in progress, the Allston project will hurt congestion. When completed, congestion will not be improved. In reconfiguring the roads, officials are simply shifting things around. Officials ought to focus on the crippled public transportation system, which will most definitely help more people get where they need to go before prioritizing Harvard’s request for even more space to gentrify.
Heavy police and fire presence on Massachusetts Turnpike and overpasses on BU campus is due to the transport of the body of a Worcester firefighter who died this morning, a BUPD official said.
In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a new campus crime report, cannabis startup competition finalists, how local costume stores compete with online retailers, and more.
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Plans call for the elevated section of the Massachusetts Turnpike behind West Campus to be demolished and replaced by a ground level road, among other changes.
Massachusetts officials are considering a new Massachusetts Turnpike reconstruction plan that would elevate the bike and pedestrian path along the Charles River.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is planning an improvement project aimed to restructure the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston, an effort which would straighten streets, build more parks...
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After a series of last minute delays in construction and bad weather conditions, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced in a press release Saturday the Commonwealth...
Commonwealth Avenue Bridge will be getting a major facelift starting July 26, in a replacement project that’s slated to take 18 and a half days to complete.
The Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement...
There are a lot of shady things about Allston, the Boston neighborhood that borders West Campus: the dilapidated storefronts, the old houses with dirty basements and the faint smell of marijuana that follows...
Fifty years ago, Allston was the gritty neighborhood home to a potpourri of blue-collar workers and their families. Today, Allston is the prime spot for college students looking for cheap rent and fun...
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled plans Tuesday to build a $25 million commuter rail stop in Allston, a project that will create jobs and improve accessibility throughout the neighborhood.
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The super-sized anti-gun violence billboard stretching along the Massachusetts Turnpike, long an unofficial Fenway Park landmark, will need to relocate by March 2015 due to a property sale.
John Rosenthal,...
