Transportation

Worcester's Union Station has received a $29-million federal grant for accessibility and infrastructure improvements, including a new platform that will enable multiple trains to stop there simultaneously, a potentially major boost to increasing fast commuter rail service to and from Boston.

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration announced this fall 13 Central Massachusetts communities would split $1.25 million in Shared Streets and Spaces emergency grants, in order to make roads more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly, part of $10 million handed out statewide.

Charlotte conglomerate Honeywell has acquired the Southborough-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) subsidiary of Vancouver, BC-based Ballard Power Systems, Inc. in a deal to see the two companies collaborate on fuel cells in the future.

The Heart to Hub train out of Worcester's Union Station will be back beginning in November, after being paused back in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced Oct. 6 the award of almost $1.2 million from the last round of funding from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration’s Shared Streets and Spaces program, including $74,789 to Central Massachusetts communities.

More than 100 major corporations and higher education institutions wrote to governors Thursday voicing "strong support" for an in-development regional effort to curb transportation greenhouse gas emissions that will raise gasoline prices.

As of Monday, the average price per gallon is $2.10. This is eight cents lower than the current national average which is $2.18 per gallon.

Lower-ridership bus routes, most commuter rail lines and some ferries appear most likely to receive service cuts at the MBTA starting next year, but even the core subway system may need to run trains less frequently to help close the agency's massive budget gap, officials said Monday.

The average price of gasoline is down one cent per gallon of regular unleaded from last week in Massachusetts, according to a Monday report from travel organization AAA Northeast.

New state projections indicate a passenger rail expansion to western Massachusetts could attract 278,000 to 469,000 riders per year at a cost ranging between $2.4 billion and $4.6 billion, but the long-sought project continues to face major funding hurdles.