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Bicycling

DCR Issues One More Call for Feedback on Arborway Redesign

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

It’s Official: Boston, MBTA Announce Three Free Bus Routes for Mattapan and Dorchester

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Accessibility

New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Central and Western Mass. This Year

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New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Eastern Mass. in 2022

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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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.

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

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