A growing body of research suggests that, in and around traffic, what you can’t see may be killing you Every rush hour, thousands of cars belch out an invisible fog. Whenever a piston fires, a tire spins, or a car brakes, tiny flecks … [Read more...]
NOW YOU CAN READ BINJ TRANSIT JOURNALISM IN THE METRO
We are excited to announce that BINJ will now be reaching several hundred thousand additional readers on certain weeks through a new partnership with the Metro. We are assisting the free commuter daily with transportation reporting on a regular … [Read more...]
THE PLIGHT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON, ILLUSTRATED
This article was produced by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and published in DigBoston. … [Read more...]
SQUAWK OR WALK: MORE PROTESTERS NEEDED TO SAVE MBTA, PUBLIC TRANSIT STATEWIDE
Photos by Chris Faraone March 18, 2016 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Last week, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board—appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker in 2015 to run the transit authority—voted to hike fares by 9.3 percent. Claiming the move is … [Read more...]
BARGAINING AGAINST OURSELVES: MEANS TESTING MBTA FARES WILL DECREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR MASS TRANSIT
Image by Kent Buckley November 30, 2015 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS As the latest round of the ongoing neoliberal campaign to shift the cost of mass transit in Massachusetts from state government to individual riders gets in gear—a necessary step … [Read more...]