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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.

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An MBTA 66 bus drives down a red-painted dedicated bus lane.

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Bus lanes

MBTA Paints the Street Red for Buses Near Brookline Village

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USDOT Grants $22 Million for Dedicated Busway Between Sullivan Square and Everett

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Elections and Politics

House Economic Development Bill Could Include Language to Keep Cars Out of Bus Lanes

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Meghan Volcy

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Vision Zero

Thousands of Drivers Caught On Camera Passing Stopped School Buses In Peabody

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Street Design

Transit and Bike Riders Will Get More Space On Back Bay Streets This Year

Aeffia Feuerstein is a writer and activist living in Boston, Massachusetts. Aeffia completed their Bachelor&#8217;s in Urban Studies from Columbia University.

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Transit Advocates Salute the MBTA’s Slowest Buses With Inaugural Pokey/Schleppie Awards

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Bus Network Redesign Shows Signs of Life

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Trails

DCR Starts Construction on Waltham-Weston Mass. Central Trail Connection

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