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Christian MilNeil

A man and an woman step off the curb on a sidewalk in downtown Boston. A row of red bricks running down the middle indicate the path of the Freedom Trail. In the center of the sidewalk is a large rectangular hatch that leads to the basement underlying the sidewalk.

School Street Freedom Trail

Walking

Empty Spaces, Empty Promises Lie Beneath Downtown Boston’s Crummiest Sidewalks

MassDOT Secretary Stephanie Pollack, wearing a blazer over a red top, stands next to Steve Poftak (center) wearing a suit and pink-and-blue plaid tie, and Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker, wearing a buttoned suit and green tie. All three are holding scissors and segments of a cut orange ribbon. They stand in front of a new Orange Line train car bearing the words "OAK GROVE" on the destination sign above the door.

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MBTA

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak Announces Resignation, Effective in January

A rendering of a new bus garage, showing a gray, low-slung building with eight garage doors facing the viewer, and three black-and-yellow MBTA buses parked in the lot in front. In the foreground, a bike rider and two pedestrians walk along the garage driveway. The MBTA's "T" logo is visible on the top of the building.

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Quincy Bus Garage Back Out to Bid, Delayed ‘Til End of 2025

Chelsea bus lane installation on Broadway

Transit

T Releases New Bus Network Redesign Map Based on Rider Feedback

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Legislation

Cambridge Repeals All Minimum Car Parking Requirements for New Buildings

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

Boston Transportation Department workers in bright yellow vests install flexible-post bollards for the new Cambridge Street bike lane next to an empty Bluebikes dock.

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Eyes On the Street: Downtown Boston’s New Cambridge Street Protected Bike Lane

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Environment

MassDOT’s ‘Beyond Mobility’ Makes Plans for 2050 – But Glosses Over Agency’s Role in the Climate Crisis

A small crowd gathers under a Bluebikes-branded pop-up tent next to some Bluebikes resting on their kickstands. In the foreground, a man in a suit, ballcap, and bicycle-print tie and woman in a leapord-print jacket hold comically oversized shears as they cut a ribbon while the others look on.

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Bikesharing

Bluebikes Expands to Downtown Medford and Malden

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Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square