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Christian MilNeil

A paved bike path runs alongside a two-lane road (right) and a sidewalk (left) under some trees. In the middle distance in the upper-left corner is a brick school building.

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Street Design

Eyes On the Street: Dutch-Style Infrastructure In the Suburbs of Springfield

A green truss bridge spans a wide five-lane roadway with two leafy trees on either side on a clear sunny day. A sign along the top railing of the bridge says "CITY OF WESTFIELD" while a smaller sign on the bottom reads "Columbia Greenway". In between the two signs is a round city seal in the center of the bridge.

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Trails

Video: Take A Ride Along Westfield’s New Columbia Greenway Downtown Extension

A Green Line train passes under a black metal bridge in a forest. A few brick houses are visible in the distance on the other side of the bridge.

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Eyes On the Street: Two New Path Connections In Fenway

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Bicycling

Wu Admin. Announces September Start Date for Cargo Bike Delivery Pilot

A photo-illustration rendering shows families with strollers on the sidewalk on the left, a parent and child riding bikes through a crosswalk in a bike lane next to a tan-painted island, and an MBTA bus in the distance.

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City of Cambridge Begins Hampshire Street Protected Bike Lane Installation

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Mayor Wu Announces New Bike Riding Instructional Programs for Boston Kids

A paved path extends under an overpass in the distance alongside railroad tracks with rusty boxcars and a power line corridor, which run along the right edge of the photo. To the left is a retaining wall and some exposed rebar from an under-construction bridge abutment.

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Another Gap’s Gone On the Northern Strand Trail In Everett

A locator map of the MBTA's Dorchester Ave. bridge project. A red circle about one block south of the Andrew Sq. Red Line station indicates the location of the project. South Boston is located in the upper right corner of the map and Everett Square in Dorchester is in the lower left corner.

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Walking

Dorchester Ave. Bridge Reopens to Pedestrian Traffic (But Still Closed to Cars)

An evening city street scene on Boylston Street near Copley Square. On the left side of the photo is a busy sidewalk and a Chick-Fil-A restaurant. On the street in front of the restaurant, four cars, three of them double-parked, occupy the multiple-lane street; a food delivery driver is stepping out of one of the cars while a second car is attempting to drive between the others to fit in closer to the curb.

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Back Bay NIMBYs Try A Gruesome New Threat Against Protected Bike Lanes: ‘Someone Will Die’

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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Car-Free Mystic River Bridge Will Begin Construction In 2024