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A diagram map of the Red Line illustrating alternative travel options on the purple commuter rail lines (running between Porter and North Station on the left, and between South Station and JFK/UMass and Braintree to the right) and bus shuttles, illustrated as a dashed black line with stops at most Red Line stations except Park Street in the center of the map. There the dashed line diverts to Haymarket and State stations nearby.

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Downtown, South Boston Red Line Closure Extended Through Monday

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Governor Healey at Fairmount Line event August 13 2024

Environment

The T’s New Electric Fairmount Line Trains Could Run On Other Lines, Too

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Bicycling

More Bluebikes Coming Soon: City of Boston Plans 100 New Bikesharing Stations Across the City

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Hyde Park Gets Its First Open Streets Festival This Weekend

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Local Advocates Will Bring National Youth Bike Summit to Roxbury in 2025

A diversion diagram for the Green Line B branch, illustrated as a horizontal line, with Boston College on the left and Kenmore to the right, with an arrow pointing further right labelled "Park St & north". A black dotted line connects stations between Boston College and Babcock St., representing suspended streetcar service. A solid green line, representing active service, connects Babcock St. to Kenmore to the right. Red octagons with white Xs mark the Allston St., Griggs St. and Packards Corner stations where there will be no shuttle service.

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T Suspends B Branch Service Along Commonwealth Ave. ‘Til August 11

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Elections and Politics

Opinion: Democrats Are Calling Trump and Vance ‘Weird.’ Let’s Do the Same for Car Dependency.

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Legislation

State House Democrats Flub Major Legislation As Formal Sessions End

A shade structure over green-painted pavement. A spanish language sign in the foreground, attached to a tent post, is titled "Muy Pronto" (coming soon) and explains that the temporary plaza will host "eventos familiares como juegos, música en vivo, mercados campesinos y más"

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Tactical Urbanism

Eyes On the Street: Some Shade Flair for Day Square

A blue Amazon delivery van parked illegally in a red dedicated bus lane next to a row of historic buildings along Washington Street in downtown Boston

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Bus lanes

The Mass. State House Has One More Day to Pass Bus Lane Enforcement Legislation

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