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Christian MilNeil

A bike rider rides along a flexpost-protected bike lane next to a sidewalk cafe on one side and a line of cars waiting in traffic on the other side of the bus lane, on the left edge of the photo.

MassAveCambridgeMay52022

Bicycling

Judge Dismisses Suit Against Cambridge’s Cycling Safety Ordinance

Riders in Chelsea and an MBTA outreach worker wait to board the bus at Bellingham Street in downtown Chelsea. T staff shared information about the Bus Network Redesign project with members onboard.

Riders in Chelsea and an MBTA staff member waiting to board the bus. T staff shared information about the Bus Network Redesign project with members onboard.

Advocacy Opportunities

Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses

A rendering of a proposed Columbus Avenue busway, looking down at the street from above, with the Northeast Corridor railroad tracks at left, the Southwest Corridor bike and walking paths, and center-running bus lanes on Columbus Avenue, with bus shelters located between the bus lanes and the general-purpose motor vehicle lanes.

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Bus lanes

Our First Look at Boston’s Plans to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes

A bridge under construction. In the foreground are four piers, and behind them, large steel beams sit on top of another set of piers. The top of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge is visible in the background.

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Could North Washington Bridge Delays Create Space for a Permanent Busway to Charlestown?

Grecia White

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

28 bus in Grove Hall

Residents Discuss the Future of Blue Hill Avenue’s Bus Lanes

A black-and-yellow MBTA route 47 bus drives in an empty lane delineated by a row of cones from an adjacent car lane where multiple cars and SUVs are stuck in traffic. To the left of the bus, along the curb, is a bicycle lane.

Brookline Avenue october 2022

Boston Test-Drives Dedicated Bus Lanes Through Longwood

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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Transit

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

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Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square

red paint and white arrows along the new bus and bike lane

bus lane on Huntington Avenue, september 28, 2022

Eyes On the Street: Huntington Avenue’s Bus and Bike Lane Gets Some Color

Boylston Street, September 19

The Orange Line Is Back, But Several of Boston’s ‘Temporary’ Bus and Bike Lanes Will Remain