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An animated GIF showing Congress Street in Fort Point as it is today – a wide two-lane street with on-street parking on both sides – alongside a rendering of how the street will look after a reconstruction project is finished, with protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks.

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Accessibility

Boston Planning New Bikeways, Widened Sidewalks for Fort Point

A chain-link fence blocks the entrance to the JFK/UMass Red Line station.

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Citing Structural Hazards, T Shuts Down Critical Access Point to JFK/UMass Station

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

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Equity

RTAs Are Giving Their Riders A Holiday Bonus

A Green Line train bearing the destination sign for "Union Square" arrives at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

A Green Line train bears the destination “Union Square” at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

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MBTA Board Updates: Green Line to Medford Will Open Dec. 12

A row of docked blue, white, and black ValleyBike shared bikes parked along a paved street under the shade of some leafy trees.

ValleyBike station at UMass  credit UMass Media Relations

Bikesharing

Citing Worker Shortages, ValleyBike Will Shut Down for the Winter

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A bridge under construction. In the foreground are four piers, and behind them, large steel beams sit on top of another set of piers. The top of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge is visible in the background.

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Bicycling

Could North Washington Bridge Delays Create Space for a Permanent Busway to Charlestown?

Two people ride bikes along new bike lanes, separated from the car lanes by rows of white flexible-post bollards, on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

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Cambridge to Upgrade Hampshire Street Bike Lanes in 2023

Passengers on the new Lechmere station platform next to the first train on the new Green Line extension at 5 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2022.

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Voters Approve Tax Hike on High-Income Earners to Fund Education and Transportation

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Election Day: How to Vote, What We’re Watching