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<p>Christian has edited StreetsblogMASS since its founding in spring 2019. Before that, he was a data reporter for the Portland Press Herald in Maine.</p>
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Christian MilNeil

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.

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.

MBTA

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.

Bikesharing

Citing Worker Shortages, ValleyBike Will Shut Down for the Winter

StreetsblogMASS

Editor’s Note: We’re Done With Twitter. Here Are Better Options to Follow Us on Social Media

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.

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.

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.

Elections and Politics

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

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.

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.