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Christian MilNeil

A map of the City of Boston's proposed route for a new "multimodal corridor" between North and South Stations. The route includes Causeway Street in front of North Station, Congress Street between Causeway and Post Office Square, and either Federal, Congress, or Pearl Street (to be determined) to Dewey Square and South Station. From there, the route would continue onto Summer Street into the Seaport.

Downtown multimodal corridor route map April 2022

Bus lanes

City of Boston Reboots Plans for Bus-Priority Corridor Between North, South Stations

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Walnut Ave. Bus Platforms

Mayor Wu’s First Budget Proposal Features Bus Lane Projects, Safer Streets, and Transit-Oriented Housing

A sketch of the BPDA's proposed cross-section for the Western Avenue transitway, showing wider sidewalks, sidewalk-level bike lanes on both sides of the street, larger bus stops, and a dedicated transitway for MBTA buses. General motor vehicle traffic would get a single lane running along the side of the new street.

Western Ave transitway proposal

Most of Western Ave. in Allston Would Be Dedicated for Bikes and Buses Under BPDA Plan

A wide multi-lane street with cars waiting at a red traffic light dusk.

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Bicycling

City of Boston, MBTA Win Funds to Transform Blue Hill Avenue

Protected bike lane on Washington St in Brookline

A Roundup of Holdups

Transit

Eyes On the Street: A Quick Ride on Boston’s New Transitway

Newly painted, center-running bus lanes on Columbus Ave. near Jackson Square in Boston, pictured on Sept. 1, 2021. The new busway is expected to open later this month.

Columbus Ave. red bus lanes

Boston’s New Columbus Ave. Busway Opens This Saturday

A Type 8 Green Line train derailed from newly-installed tracks on the E Branch near Heath Street on Tuesday evening, October 19, 2021. Photo courtesy of Ari Ofsevit.

A Type 8 Green Line train derailed from newly-installed tracks on the E Branch near Heath Street on Monday evening, October 21, 2021.

Advocacy Opportunities

Could Fixing the E Branch Finally Bring the Green Line Back To Jamaica Plain?

Plans for the reconfiguration of outer Massachusetts Avneue in Cambridge. The City of Cambridge has updated its plans for outer Massachusetts Avenue, near the Arlington town line, to add a second outbound dedicated bus lane, in addition to protected bike lanes. An earlier version of the plan (at left) would have only provided one, inbound bus lane.

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City of Cambridge Adds Another Bus Lane to Outer Mass. Ave. Redesign

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Buses Will Get A New Bypass Around I-93 Traffic Jams North of Boston