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An aerial view of Fall River's Route 79 expressway, looking south towards downtown Fall River (top left) and Mt. Hope Bay (top right). The view is dominated by the massive Route 79, which occupies 8 to 14 lanes alongside wide expanses of empty grass along Fall River's waterfront. Along the left edge of the photo is visible the densely-populated residential neighborhoods of Fall River's North End.

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Highways

MassDOT Is Demolishing a Highway to Give Fall River Its Waterfront Back

Worcester City Hall, an imposing Italianate building with a tall clock tower, and Worcester's Main Street on a gray December day.

Worcester City Hall and the newly rebuilt Main Street, pictured in December 2020.

Street Design

Worcester City Hall Poaches Longtime Brookline Planner for New Transportation Department

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

An animated GIF showing Congress Street in Fort Point as it is today – a wide two-lane street with on-street parking on both sides – alongside a rendering of how the street will look after a reconstruction project is finished, with protected bike lanes and widened sidewalks.

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Accessibility

Boston Planning New Bikeways, Widened Sidewalks for Fort Point

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a white car is parked in between two trees planted in the street.

Bologna, Italy, trees in the street.

What Planting Trees In the Street Could Look Like in Boston: Learning From Other Cities

Somerville Avenue, October 2022

Environment

Nuevas Normas de Diseño Para Calles Mas Seguras y Verdes

A photo illustration of a proposed new shared-use path. A wide, paved path runs through the middle of the image and is lined on both sides by trees and shade. To the left is a wooden guardrail and a two-lane roadway.

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Bicycling

DCR Proposes New Trail Connection from Hyde Park to Blue Hills

electric cars parked on a one way street with electric charging stations along both sides.

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Cities and Feds Work on Accessibility Guidelines for Curbside Car-Charging Stations

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?

Two people ride bikes along new bike lanes, separated from the car lanes by rows of white flexible-post bollards, on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

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Cambridge to Upgrade Hampshire Street Bike Lanes in 2023