<p>Got tips? Send them to me via Signal, the encrypted messaging app, at 207-310-0728. You can also follow me on <a href="https://better.boston/@cmilneil" rel="me">Mastodon.</a></p>


PROMO-milneil

Christian MilNeil

Car-exhuast-pollution-tailpipe

Elections and Politics

Conceding to Trump, State House Democrats Fast-Track Legislation to Repeal State Climate Laws

Jascha Franklin-Hodge

Franklin-Hodge Stepping Down As Boston’s Chief of Streets

Community Path crossing at Massachusetts Avenue

Bike Safety Slate Wins Strong Majority In Cambridge City Council Election

Two people with Bluebikes wait to cross a wide street towards a park on the other side. On the horizon to the left are four glass towers in downtown Boston.

Bill Russell Bridge bike crossing to Paul Revere Park Charlestown 07.23.2025

Op-ed

Editorial: Bike Lane Haters Keep On Losing

A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

A bicyclist rides in a bike lane alongside a row of flexible-post bollards that divide the bike lane from a maroon-painted bus lane. A sign on the curb says "RIGHT LANE BUSES ONLY". An awning over the adjacent sidewalk covers an outdoor dining area in front of a restaurant.

MassAveCambridgeMay52022

For Cambridge Bike Safety, the Political is Personal

Monica Tibbits-Nutt

MassDOT

Rearranging the Cabinet: Transportation Sec. Monica Tibbits-Nutt Stepping Down, Replaced By MBTA GM Phillip Eng

streetsblog-mass-logo-alt

streetsblog-mass-logo-dark

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Header

Streetsblog Network

Connecting people to information about how to improve walking, biking, and transit

streetsblog-mass-logo

Streetsblog Massachusetts

Support StreetsblogMASS

SB-Donation-500px-wide

Donate to StreetsblogMASS house ad – homepage

River card donations house ad

World-Day-of-Remembrance-Shoes-1

Daily headlines

Monday’s Headlines Remember

A horizontal strip diagram of the MBTA's Red Line between JFK/UMass (at left) and Braintree (at right) showing service alternatives during the November 15 – 23 closure of the Braintree branch. A dotted black line connects (from left to right) the North Quincy, Wollaston, Quincy Center, Quincy Adams, and Braintree stops, indicating bus shuttle service. A purple line parallel to the red line indicates the Old Colony commuter rail lines, which stops at JFK/UMass, Quincy Center, and Braintree. At the bottom of the map is the Ashmont branch of the Red Line, which will operate as usual.

2025-11-15-red-line-north-quincy-braintree-diversion-diagram

MBTA

T Suspends Quincy, Braintree Red Line Branch Nov. 15-23

IMG_6523

Advocacy Opportunities

Sunday Is the World Day of Remembrance

A view down a long, straight bike path at dusk. In the center is a painted yellow line stretching to the horizon; to the left is a chain link fence with bands of horizontal lighting illuminating the path at regular intervals from underneath a steel railing at waist height. On the right is a 2-story brick warehouse building with illuminated windows and graffiti art. In the middle distance are two people blurred from a long photo exposure walking along the path.

Community Path at dusk with lighting

Trails

Somerville Completes Installation of Community Path Lighting Improvements

A long line of cars waits in two lanes of stopped traffic on the right, while on the left, a single car drives down a roadway next to a wide bike lane. A concrete median divides the two sides of the road, and on the edges of the photo are large, mature leafy trees.

Arborway traffic congestion

Your Annual Update That DCR’s Arborway Redesign Still Isn’t Happening

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

post

womanWalking

A look at the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line from the Sherman Street grade crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The train tracks with a white utility truck and industrial buildings on the right and trees, shrubs, and a small parking lot on the left.

What to Do Today: A Walking Meditation, and Distractions

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog Massachusetts