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Portrait of Whitney Zhang of Boston on the Cambridge side of the Mass. Ave. Bridge on Nov. 23, 2021

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Bicycling

Mass. Ave. Bridge Users Praise Improved Bike Lanes: ‘I Hope We See More of This’

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

Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu in front of the entrance to the Forest Hills T station

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Op-ed

Guest Column: How Mayor Michelle Wu Can Put Racial Equity in the Fast Lane 

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

Walnut Ave. Bus Platforms

Transit

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

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Dorchester’s Mass. Ave. Bikeway Project Delayed ‘Til 2022

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.

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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

Arborway in Sept. 2020

Commission: DCR Needs More Accountability in Parkways Management

Somerville Ave. features sidewalk-level protected bike paths in each direction, new stormwater collection gardens, and improved sidewalks and crosswalks.

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Eyes On the Street: More Space for Pedestrians and Bikes in Somerville

Street Design