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How have pandemic bus lanes worked out in Chicago, Boston, and SF?

Boston and its surrounding suburbs have added 14 miles of bus lanes during the pandemic.
New bus lanes in Sweetser Circle in Everett.
Sweetser Circle in Everett. Photo courtesy of Ad Hoc Industries.
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