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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

Signs alongside a roadway read "Hammond Pond Parkway – Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation and Recreation" and "Hammond Pond Parkway Improvement Contract No. P23-3501-C3A Newton MA" next to some orange construction cones and freshly-laid asphalt and stacks of granite curbing.

Eyes On the Street: State Conservation Agency Converts Asphalt to Parkland In Newton

A rendering of a new MBTA station at Newtonville, with pedestrians and people on bikes waiting on a wide sidewalk outside a glass-and-steel structure

MBTA

Healey Administration, MBTA Announce Funding for Upgraded Newtonville Regional Rail Station

A person rides a bike on a freshly-painted green bike lane next to some flexible-post bollards on a multi-lane city street lined with tall buildings

Street Design

Eyes On the Street: Two New Back Bay Bikeways

Two images side-by-side show a green line train at a platform. The left image is a photo of a train next to a broken, narrow asphalt platform in the median of a multi-lane roadway as a pedestrian crosses in a crosswalk towards it. The right image is a rendering of a wider platform with benches, lights, and wayfinding signage and a fence that protects the platform from the adjacent roadway.

Accessibility

Here’s the MBTA’s Plan to Make the Green Line B Branch Accessible

Two passengers pass through a row of fare gates at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station.

‘It’s Good Savings’ – Over 13,000 Riders Are Already Benefiting From Reduced-Fare CharlieCards

A rendering of a wide street from a birds-eye perspective. The center of the street features a red dedicated busway, with two lanes (one in each direction) separated from adjacent traffic with landscaped medians and bus stop waiting area platforms. General motor vehicle traffic is confined to 1-2 lanes on either side of the busway. Along the sidewalks are green dedicated bike lanes, which are generally separated from the adjacent car lanes by gardens surrounded by curbs. A label in the upper left denotes the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, and another label denotes the intersecting street as Walk Hill St.

City of Boston, MBTA Release Refined Designs for Blue Hill Avenue Transit Project

A diagram showing alternative services during a Red Line track work that will close Broadway, Andrew, JFK/UMass, and North Quincy stations for the 6 days between Nov. 5 and Nov. 10. On the weekend of Nov. 9 and 10, the closure will include the Ashmont branch between JFK/UMass and Ashmont. Shuttle service is indicated by a dotted black line connecting the closed stations. The parallel Old Colony commuter rail line is also shown as a purple line with stops at South Station, JFK/UMass, Quincy Center, and Braintree.

6-Day Service Interruption Near JFK/UMass Aims to Fix the Last Slow Zones On the Red Line

Workers in dayglo vests work on train tracks on a concrete platform under a bright blue sky.

The Orange Line Is Running At Full Speed For the First Time in 15 Years

A full-size mockup of a Green Line train sits behind an American flag under a white tent. On a ramp to the left, people wait to enter the doors of the mockup.

Photos: The MBTA’s New Green Line Train, Arriving 2027

A wide five-lane street with a concrete median in the middle that's lined with tall street lamps. Either side of the broad street is lined with triple-decker apartment houses. Most of the picture is empty asphalt, but there are a few large trees scattered along the street's sidewalks in the distance.

Christian MilNeil

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