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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

A bicycle painted all white is chained to a fence with bouquets of flowers tied to its frame and a pot of chrysanthemums at its side. The bike's wheels are surrounded by dozens of votive candles.

Policing

State Police Have Not Arrested John Corcoran’s Killer

A bird's-eye view sketch of a new city neighborhood with high-rise buildings next to a rail line (right) and low warehouses and industrial buildings to the left. In the distance is a broad river running left-to-right.

Housing

A New Neighborhood Could Replace Oil Tanks in Everett, But Plans Hinge On Uncertain MBTA Expansion Projects

Several pedestrians and a person on a bike pass each other on a narrow sidewalk next to a wide multi-lane highway.

Crashes

SUV Driver Kills Bicyclist On Memorial Drive Bike Path in Cambridge

A bird's eye view illustration of a railroad draw bridge with the Zakim Bridge in the background.

Rail

Massachusetts Wins $472 Million ‘Mega’ Grant for North Station Drawbridge Replacement

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Vision Zero

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

A man in a police uniform stands behind a man in a dark suit reading notes at a podium.