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Advocacy Opportunities

Volunteer Nights Have Returned at Bikes Not Bombs

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Highways

Feds Finally Using Highway Money to Tear Down Highways

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Adaptive Cycling On the Harborwalk With Charlestown’s Riders Club

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Vision Zero

State Data Show Uber and Lyft Drivers Were Involved in Over 1,000 Crashes in the City of Boston Last Year

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The Orange Line Is Back, But Several of Boston’s ‘Temporary’ Bus and Bike Lanes Will Remain

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Planning Underway for Mass. Central Rail Trail Link Over I-95 in Waltham, Weston

<p>Sam Mintz is currently the editor of <a href="https://brookline.news/">Brookline.News</a>, a nonprofit news website covering the Town of Brookline. Before moving back to the Boston area in 2021, Sam spent five years in D.C. covering Congress and federal agencies for Politico and E&amp;E News.</p>


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Legislature Approves Long-Stalled Traffic Safety Bill With Compromises on Bike Light Requirements

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MBTA Debuts New Ferry Service in East Boston

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Salem Doubles Its Bluebikes Coverage

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Boston’s Exciting Biking Transformation: How the City is Promoting Biking on Multiple Fronts

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