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Christian MilNeil

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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Elections and Politics

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

A man in a blue ballcap and white collared shirt sits on a bench in front of an MBTA rapid transit map inside a subway station.

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Riders Are Skeptical That This Election Will Make Much Difference at the T

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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Accessibility

Boston Plans for More Sidewalk Plows, Expanded Sidewalk Snow-Clearing Program

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.

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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 General Manager Steve Poftak Announces Resignation, Effective in January

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