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Christian MilNeil

A map of the Allston-Brighton and Fenway neighborhoods of Boston, with green star icons marking the locations of planned new Bluebikes stations. Clusters of new stations are visible in Allston Village center (left center) and Fenway (right center).

Bluebikes expansion A-B 2025 v1

Boston Installing More Bluebikes Stations In Fenway, Allston, and Brighton

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Bicycling

This Threatened Toronto Bike Lane Gets More Rush Hour Traffic Than the Car Lane

A chart shows how much land in Woburn Center is buried under asphalt and concrete pavement (about 9.5 acres) compared to buildings (7.5 acres) and the green space of the town's central common (just 0.5 acres). The left side of the image shows an aerial view of the area around the Town Common, with a 150-meter circle around the central Civil War Monument highlighted. A pie chart of the right side shows the proportion of that circle that's paved vs. building area vs. green space.

Woburn Common land use chart v3

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A Common Story: Traffic Engineers Pit Safety Improvements Against Parking In Woburn Center Project

Three people riding bicycles down a paved pathway through a shady park on the SW Corridor. Behind them in the upper right corner is another crowd of people on bikes.

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Want to Try Bike Commuting? Try A ‘Guided Ride’ From A Better City

A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

Dozens of cyclists in green Youth Bike Summit shirts ride past tall oak trees and manicured grass alongside a golf course, a man on a golf cart waves as the riders pass by.

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Column: What Does the Freedom of Movement Really Mean? Reflections from the Youth Bike Summit

Participants wearing green Youth Bike Summit shirts gather in a gymnasium for a group session, sitting at round tables in front of presentation screens.

Youth Bike Summit group session in the Roxbury Community College gymnasium

The Kids Are Alright: A Weekend of Connection, Curiosity, and Collective Action at the Youth Bike Summit

A person riding a bike along a ~14-foot wide bike path between some trees (at right) and a green railing and (at left) several cars passing through a traffic light at a small intersection. A second person is waiting to cross the crosswalk under the green traffic signal.

Approaching BU Bridge from Camb

Vision Zero

Eyes On the Street: A Little Better On the B.U. Bridge

A large group of cyclists, many wearing helmets and bright clothing, pose in front of a vibrant community mural that features portraits of Black elders, children, and neighborhood scenes, set in a parking lot surrounded by trees and houses under a cloudy sky.

Youth Bike Summit 2025 group photo

Photos: The 2025 Youth Bike Summit In Roxbury

A crowd of people with bikes mingles in a large brick plaza with Boston's City Hall in the background at right.

City hall plaza full of bikes 05.16.2025

Photos: Bike to Work Day 2025

An architect's rendering shows two bridges crossing a river. The illustration of the new bridge, on the right, shows a bridge with large arches swooping over the water. The illustration is superimposed on a photograph that shows an existing, plainer railroad bridge on the right.

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MassDOT to Reschedule Public Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project