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Trump’s Budget Cuts Won’t Stop Cambridge From Bridging Its Communities
While the federal government has been pulling grant funding to exploit political divisions, communities like Cambridge are working to keep neighborhoods and people connected by replacing cancelled grants from Washington with alternative sources of funding.
September 23, 2025
Shuttles Replace Cross-Harbor Blue Line Service This Weekend
The following brief is an edited version of an MBTA press release.
September 18, 2025
Lyft In Negotiations With Region’s Cities and Towns to Renew Bluebikes Operating Contract
The municipal owners of the Bluebikes bikesharing system are in negotiations to renew a contract with Lyft to continue operating the day-to-day operations of the system for the next five years.
September 17, 2025
USDOT Cancels $20 Million Pledge to Fund Street and Transit Improvements In Roxbury
The grant cancellation is part of a nationwide wave of funding cuts for projects that the Trump administration opposes.
September 17, 2025
Video: Boston’s E-Bike Program Lets Mattapan Couple Regain Their Mobility
Dr. Steven Leonard had been housebound with a back injury since 2010, but a new recumbent e-bike is letting him explore his neighborhood again.
September 16, 2025
Massachusetts Lawmakers Sit On the Sidelines As Trump Shreds the State’s Climate Plans
The state was already falling behind its electric vehicle goals before Trump took office – but the outlook is even dimmer now.
September 15, 2025
Driver Kills Bedford Father Near Minuteman Bikeway
Last weekend, a driver struck and killed Michael Tecci, a Bedford father of two, while he was exercising near Depot Park at the end of the Minuteman Bikeway.
September 12, 2025
Mayor Wu Trounces Anti-Bike Challenger In Preliminary Election
In stump speeches, Kraft claimed, without evidence, that the city's limited number of bike lanes "increase congestion," and pledged to "set a pause" on new bikeways.
September 10, 2025
Live In Boston? Make A Plan to Vote In Today’s Preliminary Election
Mayoral challenger Josh Kraft has made his opposition to bike lanes a major theme in his multi-million dollar campaign against Mayor Michelle Wu.
September 9, 2025
Eyes On the Street: Filling In Gaps In Cambridge’s Bike Network
This fall, bike commuters in Cambridge are riding upgraded bike routes across the city as the city draws closer towards its 2027 deadline for building out a citywide network of protected bike lanes.
September 8, 2025
