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Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Discusses MetroWest Transport Issues With Rep. Cataldo

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Transit

MBTA to Close Orange Line South of Ruggles This Weekend

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Accessibility

PROWAG Can Make Cities More Accessible — So Here’s What You Need to Know

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Trails

After a 4-Year Delay, Belmont Gears Up to Build Its First Segment of the Mass. Central Rail Trail

A person wearing black pedals a bike away from the camera on a wide street lined with trees beginning to turn yellow in the autumn. The rider is using a protected bike path that's separated from the adjacent car lanes by barriers including a brick-paved median island in the lower left foreground.

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Bicycling

Cambridge Bike Lane NIMBYs Lose Again In Court

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Elections and Politics

Governor’s Transportation Funding Task Force Convenes for Its Inaugural Meeting

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Boston Officially Commits to Building Dedicated Busway on Blue Hill Ave.

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MBTA to Suspend Red Line Service In Cambridge and Downtown Boston This Weekend

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Housing

Should Communities That Suppress Housing Lose Their Road Funding?

<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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Brookline to Install Bus-Only Lanes On Route 9 Bottleneck This Year

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