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A wide intersection with a multi-story brick building on the far side. In the foreground is a triangular traffic island surrounded by asphalt where three crosswalks meet.

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Crashes

Truck Driver Kills 5-Year-Old Girl In a Downtown Andover Crosswalk

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

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Street Design

On Morrissey Boulevard, A Flood of Plans, But Little Action

Bar chart illustrating monthly bus driver active headcounts and vacancies since January. The number of vacancies increased slightly in the months Jan. to March but decreased slightly in May.

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Transit

MBTA News Briefs: Finally Some Better News on Bus Driver Hiring

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Advocacy Opportunities

State House Transportation Committee Discusses Bills Regarding East-West Rail, T Oversight

A street sign in French reads "30 km/h" next to a green traffic light; below that, a larger photo of a young girl wearing a backpack is next to a yellow speech bubble that says "ralentissez pour ma securite," or "slow down for my safety." A school bus and a green traffic light are visible behind the sign in the background.

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Traffic Calming

Steal This Idea: In Québec, A New Traffic Light Only Turns Green for Safe Drivers

Workers in fluorescent yellow vests wrangle equipment behind a pickup truck parked on a bike path in a park surrounded by budding trees. In the foreground row of three cones, the middle of which bears a "road closed" sign, blocks access to the trail where they are working. Next to the cones is a vertical concrete bollard with a sign. The top of the sign reads "dcr" with a leaf logo; below that, "Southwest Corridor Park," below that, an arrow pointing to the upper left just above a pedestrian walking icon, pointing to a narrower walking path to the left of the sign; below that, an arrow pointing to the upper right just above a bike icon points to the bike path.

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Bicycling

News Briefs: Free Bluebikes Sundays, Southwest Corridor Path Work Resumes

A black bus with the words "ELECTRIC BUS" on its side parks in a parking lot under a white charger, which is supported by a large steel mast arm that's cantilevered over the bus. In the background are some city buildings.

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MBTA

The T’s New 5-Year Capital Budget Puts Climate Progress In A Slow Zone

A blurry security camera image of the Harvard Red Line station platform. About half a dozen passengers are waiting there, some standing near the tracks, some sitting on benches along the wall, and a large puddle in the middle of the platform is marked by a large orange construction cone.

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Are We Feeling Safe Yet? Falling Utility Box at Harvard Station Contained Forgotten Homeland Security Surveillance Equipment

Crowds walk and roll past a map of Sunday's Open Streets event in Jamaica Plain.

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Mayor Wu Announces Expanded Open Streets Events Calendar for 2023

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View southeast from East Somerville Station

UPDATED: Unresolved Accessibility Issues Push Somerville Community Path Opening to Mid-June

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