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A map of the Minuteman and Reformatory Branch trails in Bedford and Concord. Courtesy of MAPC.

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Bicycling

Bedford Town Meeting Narrowly Rejects Long-Planned Reformatory Branch Trail Upgrades

A person rides a bike along the Minuteman path in East Arlington.

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Arlington Makes Plans to Connect Minuteman, Mystic River Paths

The new Magoun Square Green Line station under construction, seen from Lowell Street. This station is on the longer Medford branch of the Green Line Extension, which is expected to open later this year.

Magoun Square Green Line station under construction in Feb. 2022

Eyes On the Green Line: Somerville’s New Community Path Is Coming Together

A before-and-after sketch of the City of Boston's proposed changes to Cummins Highway in Mattapan Square illustrates how the city plans to widen sidewalks, add trees, and reduce crossing distances for people walking to or from the neighborhoods west of the square. The design also includes physically protected bike lanes that would connect Cummins Highway to the Neponset Greenway across Blue Hill Avenue.

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Advocacy Opportunities

City of Boston Proposes Safety Improvements for Mattapan Square

Arborway project map

DCR Issues One More Call for Feedback on Arborway Redesign

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New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Central and Western Mass. This Year

Somerville Community Path

New Trails We Can Look Forward to in Eastern Mass. in 2022

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DCR Announces Scaled-Back Memorial Drive Road Diet for 2024

Bluebike station locations in 2010, 2016, and 2021. When the system launched a decade ago, it primarily served higher-income, whiter neighborhoods in central Boston. However, thanks to new stations, non-white and lower-income residents of these cities and towns now enjoy more equitable levels of access to the bikesharing network.

Bluebike Station growth since 2010

Inventories Take Stock of Growing Access to Bluebikes, Safer Bike Routes

Rendering of the proposed Northern Strand on-street bikeway on South Common Street, approaching Market Street, in downtown Lynn.

Rendering Northern Strand South Common at Market

MassDOT Makes Plans to Extend Northern Strand Through Downtown Lynn

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