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Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

Bicycling

Boston’s New Design Guidelines Aim for Safer, Greener Streets

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Legislation

Cambridge Repeals All Minimum Car Parking Requirements for New Buildings

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Bus lanes

Boston Test-Drives Dedicated Bus Lanes Through Longwood

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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Transit

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

Boston Transportation Department workers in bright yellow vests install flexible-post bollards for the new Cambridge Street bike lane next to an empty Bluebikes dock.

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Eyes On the Street: Downtown Boston’s New Cambridge Street Protected Bike Lane

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Environment

MassDOT’s ‘Beyond Mobility’ Makes Plans for 2050 – But Glosses Over Agency’s Role in the Climate Crisis

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Elections and Politics

Evidence Suggests That Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Will Improve Street Safety

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Bikesharing

Bluebikes Expands to Downtown Medford and Malden

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Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square

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Senators Grill MBTA’s Poftak: ‘The Problems We’re Discussing Here Occurred on Your Watch’

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