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Christian MilNeil

A pedestrian steps into a street next to a full bike rack. In the foreground, a flyer attached to a sign post announces an upcoming paving project to add new bike lanes to the street.

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Protected bike lanes

Boston Breaks Ground On New Milk Street Bikeway Downtown

Two passengers pass through a row of fare gates at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station.

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MBTA

You Could Be An ‘Early Adopter’ for the T’s New Tap-to-Pay Fare Readers – Here’s How

A black bus with the words "ELECTRIC BUS" on its side parks in a parking lot under a white charger, which is supported by a large steel mast arm that's cantilevered over the bus. In the background are some city buildings.

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Transit

MBTA, Cape Cod, and Vineyard Transit Authorities Win Federal Funding for Electric and Lower-Emission Buses

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Events

MassDOT to Host Friday Hearing On New Truck Safety Rules

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

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Bus lanes

USDOT Grants $22 Million for Dedicated Busway Between Sullivan Square and Everett

A trail though leafy woods leads to a tunnel under a roadway in the middle distance. Three signs stacked vertically on a signpost next to the trail in the foreground read "End / Bruce Freeman Rail Trail / Ahead"

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Trails

MassTrails Program Grants $12 Million for 65 Trail Projects Statewide

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Vision Zero

Truck Drivers Have Caused Two  Deaths In Two Weeks In Cambridge

A map of Somerville highlighting its "priority bike network" from the city's bike plan. The map highlights busier streets that would receive separated bike lanes – like Broadway and Somerville Ave. – in green, and quieter neighborhood streets that would receive traffic calming treatments to serve as shared bike routes in blue.

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New Somerville Safe Streets Ordinance Mandates 30-Mile Protected Bike Lane Network By 2030

Workers in fluorescent yellow vests and helmets place tracks inside a subway station below a green "Park Street" sign. The platform of the station is covered in railroad ties and plates and other construction materials. In the distance a yellow lull forklift is on the tracks at the edge of the station.

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Elections and Politics

Declining Infrastructure Funding From Healey Admin. Puts T’s ‘State of Good Repair’ Further Out of Reach

A purple-and-silver MBTA commuter rail diesel train crosses the North Station drawbridge over the Charles River with the high-rises of downtown Boston in the background.

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Will A New Rail Bridge Across the Charles Include a Long-Promised Walkway to North Station?