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A map of Dorchester and Jamaica Plain highlighting the location of the Fairmount Line and Red Line, which runs roughly parallel to the Fairmount Line about a mile to the east.

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Transit

Dorchester, Mattapan Lose Red Line Service Starting Saturday – Here’s What You Need to Know

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Several people in business suits ride Bluebikes across the bricks of City Hall Plaza under blue skies. Boston's concrete City Hall is visible in the right background.

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Bikesharing

Mayor Wu Announces Discounted Bikeshare Passes for Boston Residents

Bluebikes riders

Ride Bluebikes For Free Every Monday This August

Workers in fluorescent yellow vests wrangle equipment behind a pickup truck parked on a bike path in a park surrounded by budding trees. In the foreground row of three cones, the middle of which bears a "road closed" sign, blocks access to the trail where they are working. Next to the cones is a vertical concrete bollard with a sign. The top of the sign reads "dcr" with a leaf logo; below that, "Southwest Corridor Park," below that, an arrow pointing to the upper left just above a pedestrian walking icon, pointing to a narrower walking path to the left of the sign; below that, an arrow pointing to the upper right just above a bike icon points to the bike path.

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Bicycling

News Briefs: Free Bluebikes Sundays, Southwest Corridor Path Work Resumes

A row of docked blue, white, and black ValleyBike shared bikes parked along a paved street under the shade of some leafy trees.

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Western Mass. Bikeshare In Limbo As Operator Enters Bankruptcy

A man in a collared white shirt, sunglasses, and a helmet sits astride a sleek grey bike with the "citibike" logo on the side.

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Advocacy Opportunities

Mayor Wu’s 2024 Budget Proposal Includes $1.4 Million for Electric Bluebikes

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A Bluebikes dock at the Green Street Orange Line station in Jamaica Plain.

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Seasonal Station Removals Put Dorchester’s Bluebikes Network on Ice

Citing Worker Shortages, ValleyBike Will Shut Down for the Winter

A small crowd gathers under a Bluebikes-branded pop-up tent next to some Bluebikes resting on their kickstands. In the foreground, a man in a suit, ballcap, and bicycle-print tie and woman in a leapord-print jacket hold comically oversized shears as they cut a ribbon while the others look on.

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Bluebikes Expands to Downtown Medford and Malden

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Accessibility

Cities, Nonprofits Begin Rolling Out New Incentive Programs for E-Bike Purchases