Transportation

The Worcester Business Journal partnered with the nonprofit Worcester Regional Research Bureau on a new project examining how rent increases over the last decade have impacted the city and its businesses, as well as an historic look at how financial decisions rooted in racism 86 years ago have exacerbated the housing and workforce problems today.

The average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has fallen by 10 cents in the last week, now at $3.66.

CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc., which has a location in Westborough, reached a multistate settlement of $1 million following an investigation into the company’s selling practices by a coalition of state attorneys general.

MassDevelopment made 18 grants totalling more than $1.5 million to businesses, cities, towns, and nonprofit organizations in Central Mass.

Every state in New England is poised to receive an above-average injection of federal infrastructure money, funding that could play a key role after years where the region's rate of investment lagged other states, a new report concluded.

Northborough manufacturer Aspen Aerogels, Inc. has secured $340 million in financing to help pay for the construction of the company’s Statesboro, Georgia facility.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has fallen 5 cents from last week’s $3.81.

When Polar Park was first announced in August 2018, Worcester's pay-for-itself plan for it was centered around six proposed buildings from Boston developer Madison Properties. But that development has since significantly shrunk in size and been delayed.

Atlanta developer Portman Industrial has withdrawn a proposal to build a 1.2-million-square-foot warehouse in Hudson, following a lawsuit by its neighbors to stop the project.

If electric vehicles really take off as many environmental activists are hoping they will, highway service plazas like the ones along the Mass. Turnpike could need 20-plus chargers and might use as much electricity as a small town to accommodate fast-charging on peak travel days, a new National Grid study found.