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An animated GIF showing Congress Street in Fort Point as it is today – a wide two-lane street with on-street parking on both sides – alongside a rendering of how the street will look after a reconstruction project is finished, with protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks.

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Boston Planning New Bikeways, Widened Sidewalks for Fort Point

<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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Group of people walking toward the train doors on the North Station platform,

North Station, Commuter Rail, October 2022

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Could the New Governor Breathe New Life Into the T’s Regional Rail Plans?

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a white car is parked in between two trees planted in the street.

Bologna, Italy, trees in the street.

What Planting Trees In the Street Could Look Like in Boston: Learning From Other Cities

A chain-link fence blocks the entrance to the JFK/UMass Red Line station.

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Citing Structural Hazards, T Shuts Down Critical Access Point to JFK/UMass Station

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

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RTAs Are Giving Their Riders A Holiday Bonus

children and parents play inside the new playscape next to City Hall.

City Hall playscape, November 2022

PHOTOS: Boston City Hall Plaza’s Grand Opening

A Green Line train bearing the destination sign for "Union Square" arrives at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

A Green Line train bears the destination “Union Square” at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

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MBTA Board Updates: Green Line to Medford Will Open Dec. 12

Somerville Avenue, October 2022

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Nuevas Normas de Diseño Para Calles Mas Seguras y Verdes

A photo illustration of a proposed new shared-use path. A wide, paved path runs through the middle of the image and is lined on both sides by trees and shade. To the left is a wooden guardrail and a two-lane roadway.

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