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Open Thread: What Were the Biggest Transportation Stories of 2023?

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Christian MilNeil

A promo image for the new "Spilling the T" podcast shows a sloshing teacup with a radio microphone coming out of it on a yellow background n the left and a headshot of MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng on the right. Text: "Spilling the T and MBTA podcast"

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MBTA

Gov. Healey’s Office Ordered Takedown of MBTA Podcast, Emails Confirm

Flooding on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester during a "king tide" event

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The Climate Emergency

New Morrissey Boulevard Commission Will Come Up With Another Plan for Boston’s Wettest Highway

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

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Bikesharing

ValleyBike Bikesharing System Still In Limbo As Municipalities Seek New Operator

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Highways

DOT’s New Emissions Rule is a Big Deal, Even if It Doesn’t Punish States for Polluting

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MassDOT

New North Washington Street Bridge Will Partially Open In December

A sketch of proposed new housing alongside a new Arborway bus garage in Jamaica Plain, seen from an aerial perspective from over the Arnold Arboretum, looking toward Franklin Park. On the left edge of the sketch are a row of salmon-colored mid-rise buildings, indicating potential new housing along Washington Street. In the center is a large, single-story warehouse-style building in blue, which indicates the rough shape of a proposed new MBTA bus garage. The Arborway highway and greenway are in the foreground, running from the lower-left corner to the upper-right edge.

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Housing

Revised Arborway Bus Plan Would Make Room For Hundreds of New Transit-Oriented Homes

Workers wearing flourescent green jackets place new rebar under the subway tracks inside a subway tunnel. Behind them, three more workers watch over them from the top of an orange machine that has lights illuminating the work

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Night and Weekend Track Work Removes 9 More Slow Zones From the Red Line

A man rides a Bluebike towards the camera in a separated bike lane that runs between the sidewalk (left) and a row of parked cars (center). A row of flexible-post bollards in the foreground divides the bike lane from moving traffic. The street is lined with multi-story buildings.

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Protected bike lanes

Eyes On the Street: Back Bay’s New Bikeways

A wide four-lane city street under a blue sky. On the right edge of the photo is a historic five-story brick apartment building with bay windows. On the left edge is a BP gas station. The wide roadway through the center of the photo only has a handful of cars on it, a few of which are parked at the curbside.

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Street Design

Worcester to Tame One of Its Most Dangerous Streets With Narrower Roadway, Protected Bike Lanes

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