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An animated GIF showing Congress Street in Fort Point as it is today – a wide two-lane street with on-street parking on both sides – alongside a rendering of how the street will look after a reconstruction project is finished, with protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks.

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Accessibility

Boston Planning New Bikeways, Widened Sidewalks for Fort Point

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A photo illustration of a proposed new shared-use path. A wide, paved path runs through the middle of the image and is lined on both sides by trees and shade. To the left is a wooden guardrail and a two-lane roadway.

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Bicycling

DCR Proposes New Trail Connection from Hyde Park to Blue Hills

a paved bike and pedestrian path surrounded by trees next to a parking lot.

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Bedford Voters Reject Minuteman Extension at Town Meeting

A bridge under construction. In the foreground are four piers, and behind them, large steel beams sit on top of another set of piers. The top of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge is visible in the background.

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Could North Washington Bridge Delays Create Space for a Permanent Busway to Charlestown?

Two people ride bikes along new bike lanes, separated from the car lanes by rows of white flexible-post bollards, on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

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Cambridge to Upgrade Hampshire Street Bike Lanes in 2023

a grassy meadow with a medium sized puddle in the middle and trees lining the side under an overcast sky.

Argilla Road, Ipswich, October 2022

Travel Guide: A Cozy Weekend Getaway To the Coast

a white striped crosswalk with two vegetated curb extensions on either side.

Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

Boston’s New Design Guidelines Aim for Safer, Greener Streets

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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Transit

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

Boston Transportation Department workers in bright yellow vests install flexible-post bollards for the new Cambridge Street bike lane next to an empty Bluebikes dock.

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Eyes On the Street: Downtown Boston’s New Cambridge Street Protected Bike Lane

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Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square