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Mostly Smooth Rides For the First Full Weekday of Orange Line Closure

the MBTA's official detour map for the Orange Line shutdown, illustrating closed subway stops on the Orange and Green Lines, dashed lines indicating alternative shuttle service (between Forest Hills and Back Bay and Copley to the south, and between Oak Drove and Government Center to the north). To cross downtown Boston, riders will need to transfer from shuttles to the Green Line at Government Center or Copley, ride the Green Line a few stops, then transfer back to another shuttle on the other side.

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Orange Line Shutdown: Here’s What You Need to Know

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Biking with Mayor Wu and Exploring Biking as Alternative to Orange and Green Line During Upcoming Closures

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Latest Round of Street Grants Focus on Safe Streets, Bikeshare Expansions, and Snow Removal

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Free Passes For Boston’s Main Street Workers Boost Transit, Bluebikes Ridership

Bluebike station locations in 2010, 2016, and 2021. When the system launched a decade ago, it primarily served higher-income, whiter neighborhoods in central Boston. However, thanks to new stations, non-white and lower-income residents of these cities and towns now enjoy more equitable levels of access to the bikesharing network.

Bluebike Station growth since 2010

Inventories Take Stock of Growing Access to Bluebikes, Safer Bike Routes

Aaron Short

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Report: Bigger Bike Budgets Boost the Boom

Map of new Bluebikes stations to be installed in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood later in 2021.

Map of new Bluebikes stations to be installed in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood later in 2021.

Boston Announces Bluebikes Expansion Into Hyde Park

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Bluebikes System Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Smashing A Ridership Record

Bluebikes Ridership Is Approaching Its Pre-Pandemic Levels