Transportation | Village 14

Darkness descends: safety and the return of standard time

by Mike Halle | Nov 2, 2019 | bicycles, Schools, streets and sidewalks | 5 comments

A quick public service announcement from Newton’s Transportation Advisory Group! Sunday November 3 marks the end of Daylight Saving Time. This change means that sunset, which is already sadly early, will now take place at 4:37PM. The earliest sunset happens on...

NewMo is here!

by Allison Sharma | Jun 17, 2019 | seniors | 17 comments

Newton’s new transportation service for seniors, Newton in Motion or NewMo, launched on Monday. According to Jenna Fisher at the Patch: “The service is part shuttle, part uber, and while it won’t take a rider just anywhere in the city –...

How Uber and Lyft are taking a toll on Newton

by Chuck Tanowitz | Jan 23, 2018 | City Council, Newton, Newton Police, parking, Public safety, traffic | 11 comments

Automated vehicles are coming. This is not something we can stop. People want them, companies are developing them and most agree that at some point in the next 10 to 20 years, they will become the dominant vehicles on the road. What form they ultimately take is still...

Automated Vehicles: When Cheap Becomes Free

by Chuck Tanowitz | Dec 27, 2017 | MBTA, parking, streets and sidewalks, traffic | 14 comments

Given the lively discussion we had the last time I posted about automated vehicles, I thought it a worthy topic to continue. Over on CityLab is a fascinating article by Judith Donath about how transportation could end up being subsidized by people who want to move...

Self Driving Cars and the Future of the T

by Chuck Tanowitz | Dec 8, 2017 | MBTA, parking | 9 comments

In a comment on one of the many transportation-related posts that have circulated Village 14 this week, Councilor Jim Cote suggested that we post the article from the Boston Globe Magazine which takes the stance that self-driving cars will make the T obsolete. Titled...

CITY TO SPEED UP APPOINTMENTS

by Keith E. Jacaobson | Apr 1, 2017 | Newton | 1 comment

In a meeting at Newton City Hall yesterday afternoon, March 31, Mayor Setti Warren announced some new initiatives to speed up city services.The city has been receiving complaints from residents that they are waiting too long for city department heads to arrive for...

Mayor unveils plans to step up street repairs; add bike sharing and shuttle buses

by Greg Reibman | Oct 18, 2016 | parking, Public safety, Setti Warren, streets and sidewalks, traffic | 30 comments

Newton Mayor Setti Warren and his staff unveiled plans before the City Council on Monday to nearly triple city spending to repair Newton’s roads as well as the highlights of his transportation strategy. The TAB’s story about road work can be found here and...

No joke: free ride coming from Weston to West Newton on I-90

by Adam Peller | Apr 2, 2016 | traffic | 20 comments

According to masslive.com, the new electronic Mass Pike tolls will not include a gantry between exits 14 and 16, allowing Boston commuters to enter or exit the Pike at exit 14 or exit 16 for the same toll. This could have profound effects on traffic patterns on Route...

The Charles River Ferry

by Chuck Tanowitz | Sep 29, 2014 | Newton | 11 comments

This Sunday’s Boston Globe featured a column by Yvonne Abraham about the Lynn Ferry. It just started this past year. It’s been widely successful with the customers. It’s spurring economic development and increasing property values. Not knowing a...

Study for Needham bus shuttle falls flat

by Adam Peller | Mar 14, 2013 | bicycles, Business, MBTA, traffic | 10 comments

Given the financial state of the MBTA and the current prospects for a green line extension, Needham has been pressing hard for some way to use the old Upper Falls railroad corridor to spur economic development. Now available from the Metropolitan Area Planning...