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City of Boston Public Works Department workers clear snowbanks from a crosswalk outside of Symphony Hall in the aftermath of the blizzard of January 30, 2022.

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Accessibility

Boston City Council Considers Expanded Municipal Sidewalk Snow Removal

A pedestrian walks in the right lane of MassDOT's Route 18/Main Street in Weymouth because the sidewalks are buried in deep snowbanks.

Route 18 in Weymouth

MassDOT’s Complete Streets Philosophy Got Buried Under Massive Snowbanks This Weekend

School Street in Natick, showing a car parked on the town's new asphalt sidewalk.

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Natick’s New Sidewalks Look Suspiciously Like A Road Widening

A bicycle storage car on the Cape Flyer train. Courtesy of the MBTA.

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Bicycling

MBTA Board Updates: Bikes on Commuter Rail, Fare Changes, Budget Updates

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

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Equity

15 Cities and Towns Ask the T to Streamline Agreements for Fare-Free Bus Programs

Temporary fencing lines the sidewalk on the DCR-controlled approach to the Beades Bridge. Google Street View imagery suggests that the temporary fencing has been there for nearly 8 years. Photo by Tony Dutzik.

Beades Bridge West Sidewalk

Internal Email Raises Safety Concerns for Dorchester’s Beades Bridge

Pointz

Brown University Students Launch ‘Waze for Safe Bike Routes’

State Street and the Springfield Central Library in downtown Springfield.

Vision Zero

City of Springfield Proposes Road Diet, Traffic Calming for Deadly Downtown Block

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DCR Announces Scaled-Back Memorial Drive Road Diet for 2024

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Transit

New State Rule Would Force Suburbs to Legalize Thousands of New Apartments Near T Stops