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CNG fuelling at MBTA Cabot Garage 10.10.2025

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Methane Fuel Gets a Renewed Lease At the T

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Sagamore Bridge replacement rendering with storm surge credit MassDOT

The Climate Emergency

Cape Cod Bridge Filings Reveal MassDOT Does Not Intend to Obey State Climate Laws

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Elections and Politics

Massachusetts Lawmakers Sit On the Sidelines As Trump Shreds the State’s Climate Plans

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Trails

Eyes On the Street: Depaving Leo Birmingham Park

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Street Design

MassDOT and the Town of Tisbury Make Plans to Address Climate Change, Crashes, and Connectivity on Martha’s Vineyard

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Cities Matter More Than Ever As Delusional President Denies Climate Change

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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.

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

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Advocacy Opportunities

Sunday Is the World Day of Remembrance

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Somerville Completes Installation of Community Path Lighting Improvements

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Arborway traffic congestion

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

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Daily headlines

Friday’s Headlines Are Crashing Out

The hall of a bus terminal with polished stone floors and a wood-paneled drop ceiling. In the foreground at right, several passengers wait near the door to a platform where two buses are boarding passengers.

South Station new bus terminal 11.06.2025

Transit

MBTA Opens New Intercity Bus Concourse at South Station

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A garden full of grasses and pink coneflowers lines the curb of a city street through a residential neighborhood. In the foreground, on the near side of the garden, is a sidewalk with a newly-planted tree next to an asphalt-paved bike lane. On the far side of the garden, a white SUV travels on the street. Behind the car is a red-painted crosswalk marked with two diamond street signs.

Summer Street garden-protected bike lane

Eyes On the Street: Somerville Builds Gardens In the Street to Improve Safety While Also Reducing Water Pollution