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Christian MilNeil

A black bus with the words "ELECTRIC BUS" on its side parks in a parking lot under a white charger, which is supported by a large steel mast arm that's cantilevered over the bus. In the background are some city buildings.

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Transit

In Spite of Growing Repair Needs, the T’s Newly-Approved Capital Budget Won’t Keep Up With Inflation

A crowd of people on bikes rides down an empty four-lane highway. On the left side of the roadway are large trees and multi-story brick buildings; on the right is the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the distance.

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Elections and Politics

Emails Reveal State Officials’ Flawed Excuses For Taking Away Riverbend Park Access in Cambridge

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Amtrak

MassDOT Seeking Funds to Add More Frequent, Faster Worcester-Springfield Passenger Rail Service

A man and a woman in casual clothing hold signs next to a wide four-lane street. A grand Italianate-style library building with tall arched windows is in the background behind them on the other side of the street. The man holds a sign reading "keep kids safe: build the promised crossing" and the woman holds a sign reading "No more deaths! SLOW DOWN"

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Vision Zero

Springfield Librarians Protest City’s Failure to Fix Deadly Pedestrian Crossing on State Street

A row of men and women, most of whom are wearing business suits, toss shovelfuls of dirt into the air inside an empty warehouse building in front of a blue backdrop that's been set up for a press conference.

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Uncategorized

The T Expects A Do-Over Groundbreaking for Its New Quincy Bus Garage This Summer

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MBTA

T Declares Victory Over Notorious ‘Tufts Curve’ Slow Zone On the Orange Line

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Environment

A Streetsblog Field Guide to Sidewalk Wildflowers

Map of Wellfleet on Cape Cod. Route 6 runs north-south through the center of the map, in the middle of the Cape Cod isthmus. The crash site is highlighted in the center, near Wellfleet Harbor. The Cape Cod Rail Trail is shown as a green line that runs just east of Route 6 on the southern part of the map between Wellfleet and Eastham.

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Crashes

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Man On Route 6 In Wellfleet

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Trails

Another Gap’s Gone On the Northern Strand Trail In Everett

An evening city street scene on Boylston Street near Copley Square. On the left side of the photo is a busy sidewalk and a Chick-Fil-A restaurant. On the street in front of the restaurant, four cars, three of them double-parked, occupy the multiple-lane street; a food delivery driver is stepping out of one of the cars while a second car is attempting to drive between the others to fit in closer to the curb.

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Bicycling

Back Bay NIMBYs Try A Gruesome New Threat Against Protected Bike Lanes: ‘Someone Will Die’