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A group of people in construction vests stands on asphalt next to a large, washed-out gully that has destroyed a roadway and undermined a railroad. To their right, steel rails and their wooden ties are suspended in midair above the washout.

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Environment

Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Spotlights Climate Issues In First Meeting As MassDOT Board Chair

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Successful North Shore Transit Incentives End On Friday

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Christian MilNeil

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Elections and Politics

Emails Reveal State Officials’ Flawed Excuses For Taking Away Riverbend Park Access in Cambridge

A clump of carpetweed grows out of a sidewalk crack. The plant features small leaves that radiate like spokes from a fingernail-sized wheel out of a central stem, with 3-8 leaves to each node. The plant also features tiny greenish-white flowers with 5 petals.

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A Streetsblog Field Guide to Sidewalk Wildflowers

Tony Dutzik

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Guest Column: To Halt Wasteful Highways, America Needs a ‘Road Review’

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Street Design

On Morrissey Boulevard, A Flood of Plans, But Little Action

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The T’s New 5-Year Capital Budget Puts Climate Progress In A Slow Zone

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Healey Admin. Recruits Transit Justice Leader to Lead MBTA’s Safety Oversight Agency

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Kea Wilson

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Bicycling

What Did Denverites Do With All Those Free E-Bikes? (Answer: Not Drive So Much)

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Boston, North Adams Win Federal Funds to Heal Highway Blight