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A chain of people, mostly with bikes, line up along the right lane of Charles Street in Beacon Hill to form a temporary "people-protected" bike lane.

People-protected bike lane on Charles Street, August 2, 2022

Advocacy Opportunities

Bike Union Protest Creates ‘People-Protected’ Bike Lane Across Beacon Hill

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Looking east up Cambridge Street towards Government Center near the intersection of Joy Street. A wide brick-paved median dominates the foreground view; to the sides are two lanes of car traffic in each direction. A bike rider climbs the hill on the right edge of the photo.

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Bicycling

Deference to Car Traffic Compromises Key Missing Link in Boston’s Bike Network

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Lawmakers Slam MBTA’s Lack of Transparency: ‘Riders Will Never Come Back if They Can’t Trust the Information They’re Getting’

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Boston Plans Wider Sidewalks, Protected Bikeway for State Street Downtown

A bike rider rolls past a new protected bike lane under construction on Hampshire Street in Inman Square.

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Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lanes Under Construction in Cambridge’s Inman Square

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Boston Begins Construction on ‘Mass. Ave. South’ Protected Bikeway in Dorchester

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

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

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Cambridge City Council Forcefully Rejects Effort to Delay Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in front of Cambridge City Hall.

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Cambridge Officials Propose Protected Bike Lanes on Most of Mass. Ave. By 2026

Realigned curbs under construction at the intersection of Tremont Street and West Springfield Street in Boston's South End.

Tremont and Springfield construction 2022

Eyes On the Street: Protected Bike Lane Construction in Roxbury and the South End

Protected bike lanes