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Christian MilNeil

A large crowd of bike riders gathers on Commonwealth Avenue in Kenmore Square beneath the Citgo sign.

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Bicycling

Boston Seeks Plans for Bus Priority, Protected Bike Routes Through Longwood and Kenmore Square

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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

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

A dozen people walking in all directions, plus one person on a bicycle, crossing the intersection of Brookline and Longwood Avenues under the Longwood Galleria neon sign. The Longwood Area's skyline of hospital buildings is visible in the background.

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Bus lanes

Success For the T’s New Bus Network Hinges on the Longwood Medical Area

People boarding the shuttle bus outside North Station headed to Government Center.

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Slower Than Walking: Downtown Gridlock Bogs Down the T’s Subway Replacement Shuttles

A rendering of two new roundabouts overlaid on an aerial image of the intersections of Chandler Street and May Street in Worcester. Two "Y"-shaped intersections where the two streets converge would be converted into a pair of roundabouts, with two wide shared-use pathways around the edges of and between the new roundabouts.

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MassDOT Plans Two New Roundabouts for Dangerous Worcester Intersection

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Boston Plans Wider Sidewalks, Protected Bikeway for State Street Downtown

Dos estudiantes de arquitectura, Miranda y Denzel, encadenando tubos de espuma para la piscina sobre cajas de madera - una de las varias opciones disponibles a la gente para sentarse durante Copley Connect, un proyecto piloto que cerrará una cuadra de la calle Dartmouth a vehículos para poder ampliar el espacio público de Copley Square.

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‘Copley Connect’ Echa a los Vehiculos Para Amplear Uno de los Espacios Famosos de Boston

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

Two architecture students, Miranda and Denzel, string together pool noodles over wooden boxes - one of the many seating arrangements available for folks to enjoy in the city's "Copley Connect" pilot project

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Street Design

‘Copley Connect’ Expands a Signature Boston Public Space By Kicking Out the Cars