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Christian MilNeil

Bikes at a bikesharing dock under the shade of a tree, with a tent visible in the background.

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Bikesharing

Federal Funds Will Let Bluebikes System Add Electrified Stations For E-Bikes

A crowd of people stand with new electric bikes in front of Boston City Hall

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Transit

Boston Region Wins More Federal Funding for Private-Operator Shuttle Routes, Bluebikes Expansion

Workers replace rails in a subway tunnel, with a station platform visible in the distance.

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MBTA

For the First Time In Years, Orange Line Trains Are Running At Full Speed Through the SW Corridor

Morning view of Hyde Park Avenue in Forest Hills, Boston.

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Advocacy Opportunities

Forest Hills Residents Petition for Safer Hyde Park Avenue After MBTA Bus Driver Kills Their Neighbor

A man wearing a black coat walks a heavy red e-bike with a large front basket into a bike rack next to a sidewalk in a leafy residential neighborhood

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New Cambridge Company Aims to Lower the Cost of E-Bike Rentals

A city street and traffic signal. The street features two bike lanes along each curb on either side of the street with hatched lines to buffer the bike lane from moving car traffic in the middle of the street. A man pushes a stroller with two children on the sidewalk next to the street.

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Bicycling

Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes For Allston and Brighton

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MBTA, Amtrak Warn That MassDOT’s Allston Highway Megaproject Could Inflict ‘Significant’ Impacts On Regional Rail

A map of the northern part of the Boston region showing proposed changes to five bus routes in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Revere, and Somerville: the 86, in the lower left of the map, which runs between Reservoir Station and Sullivan Square today, but would be shortened to end at Harvard Square in the future; the proposed "frequent-service" 109, which runs through Everett to Sullivan today, and would extend to Harvard in the future to pick up the discontinued segment of the 86; the frequent-service 116, between Maverick and Wonderland, the frequent-service 104, between Airport and Malden Center, and the frequent-service 110, between Wellington and Wonderland.

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Uncategorized

T Will Launch New ‘Frequent-Service’ Bus Routes in December, But Overall Service Still Remains Below Pre-Covid Levels

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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.

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Housing

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