Images during and Boston’s “Big Dig.” Construction on the Big Dig began in 1991 (though planning began decades earlier) and lasted 15 years, with the last project opening in 2006.
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Photos from the Big Dig, Boston’s Infra Makeover
Monday, November 8th, 2010Relationships Between Streetcars and the Built Environment
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM
In the past 20 years, numerous cities have planned and implemented new rail transit systems. This movement has coincided with other urban regeneration trends, bringing new life to urban centers and advancing strategies to manage growth that promote more efficient patterns of development. Various forms of heavy rail, light rail, and streetcar systems have been built, many with robust ridership and popularity, owing to a rediscovery of this form of transportation, as well as concerns about growing traffic congestion, volatile fuel prices, and climate change.
Recovery In Progress
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Photos of recovery projects that are now underway
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The Future of Natural Gas
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE
Natural gas has moved to the center of the current debate on energy, security and climate. This study examines the role of natural gas in a carbon-constrained world, with a time horizon out to mid-century.
Boston Rising: Boston Bikes’ Nicole Freedman
Thursday, June 10th, 2010The Boston metro area has always had plenty of cyclists. But other than some fantastic greenways like the Minuteman Trail, riding along the Charles, and some ahead-of-its-time traffic calming & bike lanes in Cambridge, cyclists have had very little to crow about. In fact, it wasn’t uncommon to hear murmurs that Boston was the worst cycling city in the U.S.
View this complete post...Broadband and Civic Engagement
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Eugene J. Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force:
“Broadband can enable citizens to engage in their democracy – through a variety of broadband-enabled tools that will make our democracy more participatory and more representative.”
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY
The relationships between parking infrastructure and transportation choices are as important as that between road infrastructure and transportation choices. Yet research on roads abounds while there is very little on parking.
The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
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