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Bikesharing

Mostly Smooth Rides For the First Full Weekday of Orange Line Closure

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A view down an empty "bus only" lane on Boylston Street, looking towards downtown Boston, on the day before Orange Line replacement bus shuttle service takes effect.

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Eyes On the Street: New Bus, Bike Lanes Popping Up All Along the Orange Line

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Looks Like Memorial Drive Will Remain Open On Saturdays After All

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Weekend Construction Work On the Southwest Corridor Set to Overlap with Start of Orange Line Shutdown

<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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Gov.-Elect Healey’s Plans to Clean Up Charlie Baker’s Messes

A Google Street View image of Broadway in Somerville near the site where Stephen Conley crashed. The roadway includes two parking lanes against the curbs, two travel lanes for cars, and two green-painted bike lanes in between the parking and moving vehicle lanes. In the middle distance is a traffic light at the intersection of Packard Avenue. The bike lanes do not continue beyond that intersection.

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Mayor Pledges ‘Immediate’ Action After Somerville Resident Killed In Door-Zone Bike Lane

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La Línea Naranja Cierra El Viernes: Lo Que Necesita Saber

the MBTA's official detour map for the Orange Line shutdown, illustrating closed subway stops on the Orange and Green Lines, dashed lines indicating alternative shuttle service (between Forest Hills and Back Bay and Copley to the south, and between Oak Drove and Government Center to the north). To cross downtown Boston, riders will need to transfer from shuttles to the Green Line at Government Center or Copley, ride the Green Line a few stops, then transfer back to another shuttle on the other side.

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Orange Line Shutdown: Here’s What You Need to Know

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Biking with Mayor Wu and Exploring Biking as Alternative to Orange and Green Line During Upcoming Closures

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RAISE Grants to Fund Complete Streets in Nearly Every State

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