On Tuesday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, BC ’09, presented his $2.78 billion Imagine Boston Capital Plan for 2020-24, and stressed the need for continued investment.
Metro, Business, Featured Story, Boston
Uber and Lyft Policy to Change at Logan Airport
The proposal to ban Uber and Lyft from picking up and dropping off customers on the curb outside of the Logan Airport terminals and to add a drop-off fee at Logan was approved Thursday. The Massachusetts Transportation Authority (Massport) voted to institute the new policies beginning in October 2019.
Metro, Politics, Boston
Gross Denies Fault in Trust Act Hearing
Jose Martin Paz Flores sat in the chambers of Boston City Council yesterday and told the room about the time he was injured at work in 2017. He had been in the United States for a few years—living in Florida before he moved to Massachusetts—and was working for a construction company when he sustained a…
Metro, Boston
Mayor Walsh Announces Official Budget Proposal for 2020
“Boston’s budget sets forward a blueprint for the values that matter: creating opportunity, ensuring equity and working towards a better Boston for all residents,” Walsh said in an official statement.
Metro, Boston
MassDot Launches Pilot Program to Expand Handicap Accessible Transport
The program provides financial incentives to the companies in attempt to increase the availability of wheelchair accessible vehicles. For every hour that wheelchair accessible vehicles are made available for use, Lyft and Uber will receive a subsidy of $24 from MassDot and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Boston, Metro, Featured Story
BPD Addresses College Students About Marathon Monday
William Gross, the commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD), issued a letter Monday addressed to college and university students in the Boston area, outlining safety and security measures to expect on Marathon Monday, April 15.
Metro, Boston
Massport Rejects Uber’s Suggestion for Airport Pick-Up
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has rejected a suggestion from Uber, which said it can use technology to match riders with drivers more quickly, limiting the congestion seen in Logan Airport terminals, in order to prevent the pick-up and drop-off locations from being moved to the central parking garage, according to The Boston Globe.
Boston, Metro
Boston Pre-K to Expand, Walsh Announces
Boston’s pre-K program will expand to include all 4 year olds in the City of Boston within the next five years, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, BC ’09, announced in a press conference in Dorchester, Mass., Tuesday morning.
Metro, Boston
Electronic Scooters Come to Brookline
Government officials, Lime and Bird employees, and scooter fanatics had congregated outside of the town hall to kick off a new pilot program that is bringing 200 shared electric scooters to the streets of Brookline. The program is the first of its kind in Massachusetts.
Metro, Boston, News
BPS Safety and Security Discussed in City Council
A hearing regarding school safety and security measures was held in the City of Boston on Tuesday. The hearing analyzed both safety and security measures taken to protect school environments from threatening situations, and it featured a panel from the Boston Police Department (BPD) as well as members of the public.
