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Christian MilNeil

An extra-long articulated bus in the white, yellow, and black MBTA color scheme waits in traffic on a wide multi-lane street with a red light in the distance. An electronic sign in a side window of the bus says "28 MATTAPAN." A street sign on the left says "Rexford Street".

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Street Design

Boston Wants to Redesign Blue Hill Ave. For Bus Riders, But Car Owners Dominate Public Meetings

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

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Regional Transit Authorities

MeVa Launches Free Beach Bus This Weekend, From Lawrence to Salisbury Beach

A ferry attendant waits for a bicyclist to wheel his bike onboard at Lewis Wharf in East Boston. The downtown Boston skyline is visible in the background beyond Boston Harbor.

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Risk of Driver Inconvenience Throws MassDOT Into the Warm Embrace of Fare-Free Transit

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How Can Sustainable Transportation Advocates Help End Poverty? An Interview with Matthew Desmond

A Black man wearing shorts and a t-shirt rides a chopper bicycle past a mural with flowers that says "Black Lives Matter"

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Bicycling

Worcester Film Screening to Discuss the Realities of ‘Biking While Black’

A bus rider pays their fare with their phone during a test of the T's new fare system on an MBTA bus in downtown Boston in January 2021.

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The T’s ‘Fare Transformation’ Project Is Transforming Into A Boondoggle

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Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans: Study

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They’ve Been Warned: Attorney General Says Suburbs ‘Must Comply’ With Transit-Oriented Housing Law

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