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Research: Scooters Cut Car Travel and Emissions More Than Previously Thought

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Somerville Avenue, curb extensions, October 24, 2022

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

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MassDOT’s ‘Beyond Mobility’ Makes Plans for 2050 – But Glosses Over Agency’s Role in the Climate Crisis

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La Línea Azul En East Boston Es El Enfoque de Estudio de Cambio Climático

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Blue Line in East Boston Is the Focus of Ongoing Climate Change Mitigation Study

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Equity

How Boston Plans to Cool Down Streets Amidst Rising Temperatures

<p>Sam Mintz is currently the editor of <a href="https://brookline.news/">Brookline.News</a>, a nonprofit news website covering the Town of Brookline. Before moving back to the Boston area in 2021, Sam spent five years in D.C. covering Congress and federal agencies for Politico and E&amp;E News.</p>


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Last-Minute Legislation Legalizes (Some) E-Bikes, Axes Low-Income Fares, and Throws More Cash At EVs

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New Climate Policies Target the Commonwealth’s Worst Polluter: MassDOT

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Victory for Community Resistance: L.A. Cancels Long-Planned $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening

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Highway Pollution Is Surging Back Towards Pre-Pandemic Levels