By Carol Britton Meyer After their role as traffic commissioners was debated during recent discussions about the impacts of a seawall repair project, select board members this week heard from the town ...

As for transportation, Healey gave a shoutout to MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng. The agency is now slow zone free for the first time in 20 years. Healey pledged an $8 billion investment in the ...

THAT’S BECAUSE HAMILTON IS ONE OF ABOUT 30 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE MISSED DEADLINES TO COMPLY WITH THE MBTA COMMUNITIES ACT. THAT’S THE NEW LAW THAT REQUIRES COMMUNITIES ON OR NEAR MBTA LINES TO ...

The MBTA Communities Act neither treats all municipalities the same nor strips away all local control (“Misguided MBTA Communities Act is based on a myth” Opinion, Jan. 14). Rather ...

Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.

Last week, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled that the MBTA Communities Act was indeed constitutional but the regulations passed to determine compliance did not go through the correct public ...

The MBTA Communities Law requires all cities and towns that voted to join the MBTA to have an overlay district where multi-family housing is allowed by right; depending on the community ...

In a previous Special Town Meeting in October, the Town of Needham had adopted new zoning by-laws to comply with the MBTA Communities Act, which requires 177 communities near T and Commuter Rail ...

including $500 million from Fair Share to to fund programs such as the MBTA Workforce Academy, low-income fares and water transportation programs." Administration and Finance Chief Matt Gorzkowicz ...