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Christian MilNeil

Passengers on the new Lechmere station platform next to the first train on the new Green Line extension at 5 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2022.

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GLX Opening Day: Scenes From the First Train From Union Square

A new "Type 9" Green Line train at the platform at the North Station Green Line stop in Boston.

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Elections and Politics

Governor Baker Files $9.7 Billion Transportation Bond Bill

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Kea Wilson

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Vision Zero

Study: Megacar Drivers Up to 4x More Likely to Hit Walkers While Turning

A rendering of the proposed 5-story apartment building at 3371 Washington Street, which would provide 38 homes for low-income seniors and a new ground-floor space for the El Embajador Restaurant, within a short walk of the Green Street Orange Line station.

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Housing

In 2021, Boston Planners Approved More Parking Spaces Than Homes

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America’s Best Bus Stops 2022, Round One: Stops that Do Double Duty

A sketch of the BPDA's proposed cross-section for the Western Avenue transitway, showing wider sidewalks, sidewalk-level bike lanes on both sides of the street, larger bus stops, and a dedicated transitway for MBTA buses. General motor vehicle traffic would get a single lane running along the side of the new street.

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Bus lanes

Most of Western Ave. in Allston Would Be Dedicated for Bikes and Buses Under BPDA Plan

Ruth Rosas

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Bicycling

Una actualización sobre CDMX, un lugar innovador del transporte sostenible 

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Transit

Gas Prices Are Surging, But T Ridership Isn’t (Yet)

Cargo bikes and bike trailers parked on a sidewalk outside a Whole Foods Market in New York City

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Mass. Clean Energy Center Awards $3 Million to New E-Bike Subsidy Programs

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in front of Cambridge City Hall.

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Protected bike lanes

City of Cambridge Will Miss Cycling Safety Ordinance Deadline With Porter Square Project Delay

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