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A police officer stands next to a police car parked under a traffic light in a wide multi-lane intersection

Roxbury Crossing crash scene 12.18.2024 credit Rev. Laura Everett

Crashes

Driver Kills Pedestrian Outside Roxbury Crossing T Station

A map of Brookline and the four branches of the Green Line, with the C branch in the center running from Cleveland Circle at lower left to Kenmore Square at upper right.

C Branch Accessibility Upgrade Plan credit MBTA

Accessibility

MBTA’s Green Line Accessibility Project Will Consolidate Stops in Brookline

A crowd of people on bikes rides down an empty four-lane highway. On the left side of the roadway are large trees and multi-story brick buildings; on the right is the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the distance.

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Street Design

DCR Will Start Tearing Out Pavement for Memorial Drive Narrowing Project In 2025

A few dozen people in rain coats chat in small groups inside a school gymnasium filled with folding chairs.

Hyde Park Ave Open House Dec 11 2024

Vision Zero

Stuck In A Feedback Loop: Wu Admin Delays Hyde Park Avenue Safety Improvements

A freshly-paved city street lined with commercial buildings against the sidewalk. In the center of the image, a freshly-paved sidewalk-level bike lane is blocked by a utility pole.

Needham St northbound near Rockland St

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Utility Poles Limit the Utility of Newton’s New ‘Complete Street’

A view of the Charles River with the Zakim cable-stayed bridge on the horizon and a shorter group of three drawbridges in the foreground.

MBTA

MBTA’s ‘Draw One’ Construction Will Last 8 Years, Per Environmental Filings

An MBTA commuter rail train with a purple front and a T logo on its side approaches an under-construction station platform in the center of the image. In the right foreground are two other railroad tracks. To the left behind the platform are two domed spires rising above a train station building.

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Worcester Line Trains Will Get Shorter – But Also More Frequent

A view up a city street under blue skies. A street sign on a traffic light reads "Harvard Ave." Several people on bikes ride towards the camera in a bike lane near the left side of the photo.

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As Clock Ticks On Federal Funds, MassDOT Proposes Smaller ‘Early Action’ Project for Allston I-90

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Reversing Course Again, Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Says Allston Project Will Include Multi-Acre Train Yard After All

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.

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