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Transportation
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Eng brings MBTA reinforcements in from New York
July 28, 2023Facing a long list of needed safety, service and reliability improvements, the MBTA mined additional leadership from the same place it found its current top official: New York.
July 28, 2023
Long-delayed transportation bill to come up for vote
July 26, 2023House Democrats plan to accept a compromise road and bridge maintenance funding bill Thursday after months at an impasse with their Senate counterparts, though the actual accord itself still hasn't emerged.
July 26, 2023
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority receives $686K for transit app
July 21, 2023Montachusett Regional Transit Authority, or MART, will receive a $685,746 grant from the Federal Transit Administration to develop a regional app to make travel for North County residents easier and less expensive.
July 21, 2023
Healey lays out vision for $14B in capital spending
June 26, 2023The Healey administration on Thursday rolled out its five-year capital spending plan, which calls for $14 billion in spending with a focus on investments in roads, housing, climate projects and economic development.
June 26, 2023
Rough start: Midyear survey reveals WBJ readers are increasingly pessimistic about 2023
Updated: June 26, 2023At the end of 2022, WBJ readers were more pessimistic about the future of the Central Massachusetts economy than they had been at any point in the previous 10 years. The first five months of this year only made them more pessimistic.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Real Estate Insider: As the State seeks to increase housing construction, some towns pump the brakes
Updated: June 12, 2023Multifamily residential developers have been proposing thousands of apartments throughout Central Massachusetts, but communities are resisting the push for more housing to protect their resources and what residents and officials see as their town’s
Updated: June 12, 2023
Gas prices respond to the unofficial start of summer
May 30, 2023After being nearly flat over the past two weeks, Worcester metro gas prices came out of Memorial Day weekend up nearly 9 cents per gallon over the previous week.
May 30, 2023
Fare-free MBTA bus pilot sputters out in Senate
May 30, 2023A group of senators were unable to convince their colleagues to recommend money for the MBTA to run fare-free bus pilot programs.
May 30, 2023
MBTA towns fear service levels will not rebound
May 19, 2023Cities and towns that help fund the MBTA are concerned it will be "impossible" to restore pre-pandemic service levels and that the agency might need to hike fares given the growing shadow of a budget shortfall that officials so far have failed to
May 19, 2023
NCMDC loans $35K to hydraulic repair startup
May 10, 2023The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has loaned $35,000 loan to startup Soto Hydraulic Repair in Winchendon for new equipment.
May 10, 2023-
MBTA buys railroad track from Milford to Franklin for $13M
May 10, 2023The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has purchased railroad track in Milford, Hopedale, and Bellingham beyond where its Franklin/Foxboro Line ends at the Forge Park/495 station.
May 10, 2023 
Worcester metro gas prices down 4 cents this week
May 9, 2023Greater Worcester gasoline prices decreased 4 cents per gallon over the past week. Though at $3.43, it is 4 cents higher than last month's average of $3.39 per gallon.
May 9, 2023
Greater Worcester gas prices fall 3 cents
May 5, 2023The price of a gallon of gasoline has been relatively steady over the past week in the Worcester metro area, falling 3 cents lower than last week’s $3.48 per gallon.
May 5, 2023
2023 Power 50: Mike O’Kronley
Updated: May 1, 2023Under Mike O’Kronley’s leadership, Ascend closed $300 million in a funding round in 2022, and the company received more than $480 million grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, where O’Kronley participated in a press conference with President
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Jennie Lee Colosi
Updated: May 1, 2023Colosi is president of the 77-year-old E.T. & L. Corp., in Stow, which employs 133 people. She is a trained engineer and one of the only women presidents of a Central Massachusetts construction company.
Updated: May 1, 2023-
Healey sends Volkswagen settlement funds to electrify transit systems
April 25, 2023The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has allocated $34.3 million from the 2017 Volkswagen settlement to fund electric buses for regional transit authorities and electric vehicle projects.
April 25, 2023
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