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

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Bicycling

MBTA Board Updates: Poftak Apologizes for Banning Bikes ‘Rather Abruptly’ on Commuter Rail

A bus driver wearing a face mask and a jacket with an MBTA "T" logo on his arm sits behind the wheel of a bus.

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Transit

New MBTA Labor Deal Does Little to Improve Wages for New Bus Drivers

Boylston Street's two-way cycletrack at Charles St.

Boylston Street’s two-way cycletrack at Charles St.

Boston Planning Additional Crosswalk, Bike Lane Upgrades Around Public Garden

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Welcome to Our New Board Members

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Neighbors Have High Hopes for Redevelopment of Arborway Yard

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Free Passes For Boston’s Main Street Workers Boost Transit, Bluebikes Ridership

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Elections and Politics

Mayor Wu Appoints GovTech Expert Jascha Franklin-Hodge As Boston’s New Chief of Streets

A memorial to Kevin Dumont on Mystic Avenue, near the crosswalk where a hit-and-run driver killed him in August 2019.

Memorial to Kevin Dumont

Vision Zero

With MassDOT’s Promised Safety Upgrades in Limbo, More Carnage on Somerville’s Mystic Ave.

Bluebike station locations in 2010, 2016, and 2021. When the system launched a decade ago, it primarily served higher-income, whiter neighborhoods in central Boston. However, thanks to new stations, non-white and lower-income residents of these cities and towns now enjoy more equitable levels of access to the bikesharing network.

Bluebike Station growth since 2010

Inventories Take Stock of Growing Access to Bluebikes, Safer Bike Routes

New "slow zones" on the Southwest Corridor are making Orange Line riders' trips 5 to 6 minutes longer than they were this spring. Chart courtesy of TransitMatters, with MBTA data.

Orange Line travel time chart Dec. 2021

Equity

The Orange Line Keeps Getting Slower, At Riders’ Expense