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Equity

In Chelsea, a Longtime Champion for Transit Equity Seeks a Seat on the City Council

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Bicycling

Dorchester’s Mass. Ave. Bikeway Project Delayed ‘Til 2022

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MBTA Board Updates: Meet Your New MBTA Board

Newly painted, center-running bus lanes on Columbus Ave. near Jackson Square in Boston, pictured on Sept. 1, 2021. The new busway is expected to open later this month.

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Bus lanes

Boston’s New Columbus Ave. Busway Opens This Saturday

A Type 8 Green Line train derailed from newly-installed tracks on the E Branch near Heath Street on Tuesday evening, October 19, 2021. Photo courtesy of Ari Ofsevit.

A Type 8 Green Line train derailed from newly-installed tracks on the E Branch near Heath Street on Monday evening, October 21, 2021.

Advocacy Opportunities

Could Fixing the E Branch Finally Bring the Green Line Back To Jamaica Plain?

The Northern Strand Trail extension in Everett, looking south towards the Encore Casino and the Mystic River

Eyes On the Trails: More Mystic River Greenways In the Works

An architect's rendering shows two bridges crossing a river. The illustration of the new bridge, on the right, shows a bridge with large arches swooping over the water. The illustration is superimposed on a photograph that shows an existing, plainer railroad bridge on the right.

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Baker Admin Commits Funding for Proposed Mystic Greenway Bridge

3368 Washington rendering credit RODE Architects/BPDA

3368 Washington rendering credit RODEArchitects/BPDA

Housing

Boston City Council Votes to End Minimum Parking Requirements for Affordable Housing

Plans for the reconfiguration of outer Massachusetts Avneue in Cambridge. The City of Cambridge has updated its plans for outer Massachusetts Avenue, near the Arlington town line, to add a second outbound dedicated bus lane, in addition to protected bike lanes. An earlier version of the plan (at left) would have only provided one, inbound bus lane.

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City of Cambridge Adds Another Bus Lane to Outer Mass. Ave. Redesign

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State House Update: New Bills Would Tackle Racial Profiling, Traffic Enforcement Cameras, E-Bikes