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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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Bicycling

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

Four people: a white man wearing a blue collared shirt and tie, a black woman wearing an athletic long-sleeved top, a white woman wearing a pink blazer, and a white man wearing a collared short-sleeved polo shirt, stand behind a Bluebikes bicycle in a brick plaza. Behind them is a row of more bikes parked in a Bluebikes station.

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Bikesharing

Salem Doubles Its Bluebikes Coverage

A bicycle rider enters a bike lane delineated with cones and construction barrels on Columbus Avenue in Back Bay. The bike lane runs along the curb, with a row of parked cars to its left.

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

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Boston Officials Test-Drive New Electric Bikes for Potential Inclusion in the Bluebikes System

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Photos: A Construction Tour of Somerville’s Community Path and New Light Rail Line

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NACTO Comes to Boston

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A Sneak Peak of Our Newly Accessible City Hall Plaza

A map of Boston's current bike network and new infrastructure announced by the Wu administration on Tuesday. Bold orange lines indicate new protected bike lanes and yellow lines indicate new contraflow bike lanes on one-way streets. Dark blue lines indicate protected bike lane projects already in progress, including Tremont Street in the South End and Ruggles Street in Roxbury.

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Mayor Wu Announces Major Expansion of Boston’s Bike Network

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