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A map of the Porter Sq. area in Cambridge and Somerville. The city line is shown as a dotted line running diagonally from upper left to lower right along Elm and Beacon Streets. T stations are shown at Davis Sq (upper left) and Porter (center) and the Somerville Community Path is a green line near the top edge of the map. The map highlights Elm St, Somerville Ave, and Beacon St, which meet at acute angles just east of Porter Square.

Elm-Beacon Connector locator map v2

Protected bike lanes

Somerville To Start Implementing New Bike Plan With Connections Near Porter Square

A group of people gather near the doors of an MBTA 7 bus that is pulled over next to a bus shelter on an otherwise-empty multi-lane street with skyscrapers visible on the horizon. On the left side of the photo the massive cantilevered roof of the Boston Convention Center looms overhead.

SummerStreetBusLaneApril2024_creditMattMoranCityOfBoston

MBTA

The Slow Bus To Southie: Boston Will Abandon Frequently-Blocked Seaport Bus Lane

Workers wearing flourescent green jackets place new rebar under the subway tracks inside a subway tunnel. Behind them, three more workers watch over them from the top of an orange machine that has lights illuminating the work

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T Will Poke A New Hole In the Red Line For Shorter Service Disruptions

A rendering of a street with a two-way protected bike way on the other side. In the distance are some trees and beyond that is the Hancock Tower skyscraper.

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Bicycling

Boston Will Start Building Dartmouth Street Protected Bikeway This Fall

Worcester City Hall, an imposing Italianate building with a tall clock tower, and Worcester's Main Street on a gray December day.

Worcester City Hall and the newly rebuilt Main Street, pictured in December 2020.

Vision Zero

After 9-Month Delay, Worcester Council Adopts Citywide 25 mph Speed Limit

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Crashes

Springfield Crash Victim Identified as Local Mother; Teen Suspect Faces Homicide Charges

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Elections and Politics

Hand-Count of Ballots Gives Incumbent Marjorie Decker Apparent Victory In Close Cambridge State House Race

A new sidewalk-level bike lane under construction adjacent to a two-lane city street. Cones and construction barrels litter the bike lane. In the foreground is a raised crosswalk next to a traffic signal.

Argenziano School crosswalk

Street Design

Eyes On the Street: Somerville Fits In Some New Bus, Bike Infrastructure Near Union Square

Two pedestrians cross a crosswalk in a wide street with a potholed concrete median. The street is lined with new mid-rise buildings, about 8 to 10 stories tall.

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Boston Will Build Another New Curb-Protected Bike Lane On Harrison Ave. Next Year

A person on a bike rides along a single-track dirt path through some mown grass through a forest. The trail runs between two rows of utility poles and wires that stretch towards a substation on the horizon.

Boxford Border to Boston Rail Trail

Travel guides

Travel Guide: Biking From the Border to Boston