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What dingus at #MassDOT decided to close one eastbound tunnel then knock the other down to one lane at the same time?

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

Now that I've slept on it and looked back at the slides, I see the problem. MassDOT considered fewer lanes (1st pic, items 7, 12) but they list an unbreakable constraint "Equal or better intersection Level of Service" (2nd pic).

The overpass is overbuilt today. If you require it to fit as many cars, of course you'll get a highway off ramp again!

#MassDOT forgets that #MassDCR is trying to shrink #MemorialDrive : https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-will-start-tearing-out-pavement-for-memorial-drive-narrowing-project-in-2025

Livetoot thread: https://better.boston/@sky/115850780842273698

#CambridgeMA

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

I'll be livetooting at the #MassDOT meeting about the #MemorialDrive overpass

https://www.mass.gov/event/cambridge-bridge-replacement-memorial-drive-over-brookline-street-01-06-2026

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#Massachusetts #SafeStreets #BUBridge #MassDCR #CambridgeMA

Raised crossings on the new designs for McGrath Boulevard! So many good things in these plans, it'll be a huge improvement and can't come soon enough.
#SomervilleMA #GroundingMcGrath #HighwayRemoval #MassDOT

For those interested in #Boston area traffic, and might be coming back late from something on Saturday, #MassDOT has announced that the ramp from Routes 128 (aka I-95) and 30 to the eastbound Turnpike Extension (aka I-90) will be closed starting 10 p.m. on the 19th, through the early morning hours, to shift the ramp traffic onto the new bridge over the Charles River that has been constructed over the past year. Detour route is to take the Pike west and turn around at the State Police overpass.

#MassDOT budget proposal reveals new timeline for proposed Somerville-Everett bike and pedestrian bridge, with completion delayed 'til early 2030s –
#mapoli

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/06/03/new-mystic-bridge-wont-be-built-til-the-2030s-under-massdots-proposed-budget

#massdot #somerville #boston #biketooter Mystic bridge meeting has been postponed due to space double booking

SUV Driver Kills Priest on Route 138 in Milton

▪️ #MassDOT was warned of 'poor safety conditions' on the roadway in a 2018 report
▪️ Authorities wouldn't answer our questions about whether the suspect's license had been suspended

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/12/suv-driver-kills-priest-in-milton

The Mass Pike should be narrowed! But MassDOT is insisting they need to design for 20% more cars than are there today, and that could cost the project hundreds of millions of dollars.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/04/16/the-path-forward-for-allstons-highway-megaproject-is-getting-narrower

#Massachusetts #MassPike #MassDOT #AllstonMA #AllstonBrighton #RoadDiet #urbanism #BostonMA

A consultant at VHB, an engineering firm that's received millions of dollars from #MassDOT on designs for the Allston I-90 project, cursed at a neighborhood task force member for asking tough questions about the project's viability during a virtual hearing last Friday:
#mapoli
https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/02/03/designers-tempers-fray-as-major-issues-remain-unresolved-for-allston-i-90-project

Since 2 days ago, we have added #phishing detections for #EZDriveMA and #thetollroads to our system. So far, we have identified over ~4k cases and publicly listed more than +3k of them.

As usual, the majority of cases have been detected on .top and .xin domains.

https://urlabuse.com

#EZDrive #us #usa #scam #cybersecurity #crime #California #Massachusetts #MassDOT #SMS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/

#NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/

#NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/

#NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/

#NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/

#NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/ #NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/ #NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/chinese-innovations-spawn-wave-of-toll-phishing-via-sms/ #NorthTexasTollAuthority #CSISSecurityGroup #ALittleSunshine #LatestWarnings #TheTollRoads #WebFraud2.0 #FordMerrill #SecAlliance #SMSphishing #Lighthouse #EZDriveMA #@chenlun #iMessage #smishing #MassDOT #Sunpass #fbi #ic3 #RCS

Amidst growing uncertainties about the financing and design of its Allston I-90 highway realignment megaproject, #MassDOT suggests spending $250M on a smaller "early action" project focused on improvements around the Cambridge St. bridge:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/05/as-clock-ticks-on-federal-funds-massdot-proposes-smaller-early-action-project-for-allston-i-90

A surprise #MassDOT decision to add a controversial diesel train layover yard back into the state's beleaguered Allston I-90 project is not going over well with the project's neighbors and stakeholders:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/03/reversing-course-again-sec-tibbits-nutt-says-allston-project-will-include-multi-acre-train-yard-after-all

Officials from the #MBTA and #Amtrak are sounding alarms that passenger rail service in the Boston region "would cease within weeks" if #MassDOT follows through on plans to demolish a critical rail bridge for a proposed highway megaproject in Allston. #mapoli @universalhub

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/10/10/mbta-amtrak-warn-that-massdots-allston-highway-megaproject-could-inflict-significant-impacts-on-regional-rail

A $1 billion grant from Washington D.C. puts #MassDOT closer to building a wider replacement for the Sagamore Bridge to Cape Cod – but the proposed Bourne Bridge replacement still faces a multi-billion-dollar funding gap

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/07/12/with-another-1-billion-pledge-from-washington-massdot-can-almost-afford-sagamore-bridge-replacement

At a public hearing on Friday – with in-person and virtual options – #MassDOT will present new requirements for truck safety equipment that's designed to prevent traffic deaths:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/07/08/massdot-to-host-friday-hearing-on-new-requirements-for-truck-safety-equipment

#VisionZero

. @cambridgeday recently reported on the #CambridgeMA city council trying to get more involved in #MassDOT 's plan for the Cambridgeport rotary near the #BU bridge.
https://www.cambridgeday.com/2024/06/11/cambridgeport-council-fight-being-passed-over-as-state-sets-its-plans-for-bu-overpass-and-rotary/
Was this in reaction to some update? What's MassDOT's current plan for the rotary?

#MassDOT's new long-range plan looks to the year 2050 – the same year that Massachusetts will must end most fossil fuel consumption under state law.

But MassDOT's plan pointedly dodges any mention of the state's #climate law and its requirements:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/05/27/critics-say-massdots-new-beyond-mobility-plan-is-missing-accountability
#mapoli

@Bikeyface Ugh. That’s pretty awful. I’m seeing the same here on the Cape with pretty much all MassDOT projects. They need to be doing a lot more separated bike lanes & protected intersections. The old guard from the Mass Highway days still seem to be running the show so they keep coming up with these weak shared use path and buffered bike lane schemes. #mapoli #BikeTooter #MassDOT

Traffic engineer predicts traffic volumes will increase, surprise surprise. They say it'll be a disaster if, after many years of being 3 lanes wide, the pike isn't widened to 4 lanes.

How many millions of dollars could we save on this project (which isn't fully funded yet) if we didn't have to build quite so much space for cars?

https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/getting-the-i-90-allston-puzzle-pieces-to-fit/
#I90 #Allston #Boston #MassDOT

There have been a lot of recent developments and changes to #MassDOT's #Allston Multimodal Project, so we've done a comprehensive rewrite of our explainer on the $2 billion megaproject:

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/04/24/a-rough-guide-to-bostons-allston-i-90-megaproject

Excuse, excuses. It’s been 6 years since the Outer Cape Bicycle & Pedestrian master plan came out, yet none of the hard projects have had any basic engineering done. The article is paywalled, so use an incognito window to read: 'At its core, the Vision is one born out of a lot of community conversations that we and others have had throughout the years,' county official said. #BikeTooter #CapeCod #Provincetown #Wellfleet #MassDOT #mapoli
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2024/02/09/cape-wide-bike-pedestrian-rail-trail-faces-planning-hurdles-rising-costs/72399797007/

From the former bird site:
February 13th, starting at 6:30PM
@MassDOT
will be hosting a public information meeting to share the current design for the long-awaited grounding of the McGrath Highway between Broadway and 3rd Street in
@CambMA

https://www.mass.gov/event/somerville-roadway-reconstruction-project-on-mcgrath-hwy-route-28-2024-02-13t183000-0500-2024-02-13t200000-0500

#SomervilleMA #CambMA #CambridgeMA #SomervilleInfrastructure #massDOT #mcgrath #groundingMcGrath

https://twitter.com/SomervilleInfr1/status/1747996367513907257

From the former bird site:
February 13th, starting at 6:30PM
@MassDOT
will be hosting a public information meeting to share the current design for the long-awaited grounding of the McGrath Highway between Broadway and 3rd Street in
@CambMA

https://www.mass.gov/event/somerville-roadway-reconstruction-project-on-mcgrath-hwy-route-28-2024-02-13t183000-0500-2024-02-13t200000-0500

#SomervilleMA #CambMA #CambridgeMA #SomervilleInfrastructure #massDOT #mcgrath #groundingMcGrath

https://twitter.com/SomervilleInfr1/status/1747996367513907257

From the former bird site:
February 13th, starting at 6:30PM
@MassDOT
will be hosting a public information meeting to share the current design for the long-awaited grounding of the McGrath Highway between Broadway and 3rd Street in
@CambMA

https://www.mass.gov/event/somerville-roadway-reconstruction-project-on-mcgrath-hwy-route-28-2024-02-13t183000-0500-2024-02-13t200000-0500

#SomervilleMA #CambMA #CambridgeMA #SomervilleInfrastructure #massDOT #mcgrath #groundingMcGrath

https://twitter.com/SomervilleInfr1/status/1747996367513907257

From the former bird site:
February 13th, starting at 6:30PM
@MassDOT
will be hosting a public information meeting to share the current design for the long-awaited grounding of the McGrath Highway between Broadway and 3rd Street in
@CambMA

https://www.mass.gov/event/somerville-roadway-reconstruction-project-on-mcgrath-hwy-route-28-2024-02-13t183000-0500-2024-02-13t200000-0500

#SomervilleMA #CambMA #CambridgeMA #SomervilleInfrastructure #massDOT #mcgrath #groundingMcGrath

https://twitter.com/SomervilleInfr1/status/1747996367513907257

From the former bird site:
February 13th, starting at 6:30PM
@MassDOT
will be hosting a public information meeting to share the current design for the long-awaited grounding of the McGrath Highway between Broadway and 3rd Street in
@CambMA

https://www.mass.gov/event/somerville-roadway-reconstruction-project-on-mcgrath-hwy-route-28-2024-02-13t183000-0500-2024-02-13t200000-0500

#SomervilleMA #CambMA #CambridgeMA #SomervilleInfrastructure #massDOT #mcgrath #groundingMcGrath

https://twitter.com/SomervilleInfr1/status/1747996367513907257

Big missed opportunity for a fully protected intersection in #Wellfleet: https://pedalptown.com/pedal-blog/protected-intersection-wellfleet @fedibikes #CapeCod #protectedBikeLanes #ProtectedIntersection #UrbanPlanning #BikeTooter #Massachusetts #Route6 #MassDOT

Big missed opportunity for a fully protected intersection in #Wellfleet: https://pedalptown.com/pedal-blog/protected-intersection-wellfleet @fedibikes #CapeCod #protectedBikeLanes #ProtectedIntersection #UrbanPlanning #BikeTooter #Massachusetts #Route6 #MassDOT

Big missed opportunity for a fully protected intersection in #Wellfleet: https://pedalptown.com/pedal-blog/protected-intersection-wellfleet @fedibikes #CapeCod #protectedBikeLanes #ProtectedIntersection #UrbanPlanning #BikeTooter #Massachusetts #Route6 #MassDOT

Big missed opportunity for a fully protected intersection in #Wellfleet: https://pedalptown.com/pedal-blog/protected-intersection-wellfleet @fedibikes #CapeCod #protectedBikeLanes #ProtectedIntersection #UrbanPlanning #BikeTooter #Massachusetts #Route6 #MassDOT

Big missed opportunity for a fully protected intersection in #Wellfleet: https://pedalptown.com/pedal-blog/protected-intersection-wellfleet @fedibikes #CapeCod #protectedBikeLanes #ProtectedIntersection #UrbanPlanning #BikeTooter #Massachusetts #Route6 #MassDOT

#MassDOT is planning a new off-street shared-use path alongside Route 5 to connect #Northampton and the Mount Tom State Reservation in #Easthampton.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2023/10/16/massdot-plans-new-shared-use-path-connection-between-northampton-easthampton?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

"Warum die #Fahrradweiche immer schon eine schlechte Idee war, zeigt der Blick von oben auf die Konfliktflächen zwischen Rad und Kfz."
@footils 2019 auf Twitter. Dazu sein Blogbeitrag: https://web.archive.org/web/20190124002141/http://footils.org/2015/12/01/massdot/

Bildquelle ist der "Separated Bike Lane Planning & Design Guide" der Verkehrsbehörde von Massachusetts (#massDOT
)