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A chain-link fence blocks the entrance to the JFK/UMass Red Line station.

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Accessibility

Citing Structural Hazards, T Shuts Down Critical Access Point to JFK/UMass Station

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

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Equity

RTAs Are Giving Their Riders A Holiday Bonus

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children and parents play inside the new playscape next to City Hall.

City Hall playscape, November 2022

PHOTOS: Boston City Hall Plaza’s Grand Opening

A Green Line train bearing the destination sign for "Union Square" arrives at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

A Green Line train bears the destination “Union Square” at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

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MBTA Board Updates: Green Line to Medford Will Open Dec. 12

Somerville Avenue, October 2022

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Nuevas Normas de Diseño Para Calles Mas Seguras y Verdes

A photo illustration of a proposed new shared-use path. A wide, paved path runs through the middle of the image and is lined on both sides by trees and shade. To the left is a wooden guardrail and a two-lane roadway.

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Bicycling

DCR Proposes New Trail Connection from Hyde Park to Blue Hills

a paved bike and pedestrian path surrounded by trees next to a parking lot.

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Bedford Voters Reject Minuteman Extension at Town Meeting

electric cars parked on a one way street with electric charging stations along both sides.

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Cities and Feds Work on Accessibility Guidelines for Curbside Car-Charging Stations

A row of docked blue, white, and black ValleyBike shared bikes parked along a paved street under the shade of some leafy trees.

ValleyBike station at UMass  credit UMass Media Relations

Bikesharing

Citing Worker Shortages, ValleyBike Will Shut Down for the Winter

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