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A rendering of a proposed high-rise lab building on Brookline Avenue in the Fenway shows proposed new two-way bike paths (lower right) that would provide a protected connection between the Fenway neighborhood to Longwood, via Brookline Avenue, and to the Riverway. Courtesy of the BPDA.

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Bicycling

Protected Intersection Could Bridge Critical Bike Network Gap on the Fenway

A view down an empty "bus only" lane on Boylston Street, looking towards downtown Boston, on the day before Orange Line replacement bus shuttle service takes effect.

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Eyes On the Street: New Bus, Bike Lanes Popping Up All Along the Orange Line

A Google Street View image of Broadway in Somerville near the site where Stephen Conley crashed. The roadway includes two parking lanes against the curbs, two travel lanes for cars, and two green-painted bike lanes in between the parking and moving vehicle lanes. In the middle distance is a traffic light at the intersection of Packard Avenue. The bike lanes do not continue beyond that intersection.

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Mayor Pledges ‘Immediate’ Action After Somerville Resident Killed In Door-Zone Bike Lane

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La Línea Naranja Cierra El Viernes: Lo Que Necesita Saber

the MBTA's official detour map for the Orange Line shutdown, illustrating closed subway stops on the Orange and Green Lines, dashed lines indicating alternative shuttle service (between Forest Hills and Back Bay and Copley to the south, and between Oak Drove and Government Center to the north). To cross downtown Boston, riders will need to transfer from shuttles to the Green Line at Government Center or Copley, ride the Green Line a few stops, then transfer back to another shuttle on the other side.

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Orange Line Shutdown: Here’s What You Need to Know

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

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

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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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

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