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A rendering of a wide street from a birds-eye perspective. The center of the street features a red dedicated busway, with two lanes (one in each direction) separated from adjacent traffic with landscaped medians and bus stop waiting area platforms. General motor vehicle traffic is confined to 1-2 lanes on either side of the busway. Along the sidewalks are green dedicated bike lanes, which are generally separated from the adjacent car lanes by gardens surrounded by curbs. A label in the upper left denotes the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, and another label denotes the intersecting street as Walk Hill St.

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Street Design

Boston’s Bus Lane Projects Are Stuck In Red Tape, Leaving Riders Stuck In Traffic

A Route 44 bus on Dudley Street in Nubian Square.

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Elections and Politics

USDOT Cancels $20 Million Pledge to Fund Street and Transit Improvements In Roxbury

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Meghan Volcy

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

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Bus lanes

Public Hearing Reveals Support for Automated Enforcement of Bus Lanes in Boston

A green line train stops in the middle of Huntington Ave. while a passenger disembarks in the middle of the roadway while other riders wait under a bus shelter on the sidewalk at left.

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Boston, MBTA Plan New Center-Running Transitway On Huntington and South Huntington Avenue

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MBTA

Fall MBTA Service Improvements Add More Frequent-Service Bus Routes, Late-Night Service

A FedEx truck and other illegally parked vehicles parked in the middle of a red bus lane marked with the words "ONLY BUS" on a city street lined with tall buildings. In the foreground, two people in winter coats cross the street.

Boylston St bus lane in Back Bay 02.12.2025

MBTA Proposes Fines, Rules for Its New Bus Camera Enforcement Systems

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South Station faregates out of service credit Tracy O’Connell Novick

Fares, Frozen: South Station’s New Fare Gates Are Already Out of Service

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Daily headlines

Tuesday’s Weaponized Headlines

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Snow Piles Reveal Pointless Pavement In the Wake of the Storm

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NYC speed camera in Manhattan credit Michael Appleton:NYC Mayor’s Office

Legislation

Policy Riders In Governor’s Budget Proposal Would Legalize Speed Enforcement Cameras, End Debt-Based License Suspensions

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Harvard Ave sidewalk snow near Brighton Ave 01.28.2026

Walking

Eyes On the Street: Days After the Storm, Boston’s Sidewalks Are An Inaccessible Mess

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Link413 in Northampton on Jan 28 2026 credit PVTA

Regional Transit Authorities

Link413 Launches Three New Bus Routes Linking North Adams, Pittsfield, Greenfield, and Northampton

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North Washington St repaved 07.07.2025

Another Bus Lane Bites the Dust: Wu Administration Forces Chelsea, Charlestown Transit Riders to Wait In More Traffic