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Christian MilNeil

Boston Transportation Department workers in bright yellow vests install flexible-post bollards for the new Cambridge Street bike lane next to an empty Bluebikes dock.

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Bicycling

Eyes On the Street: Downtown Boston’s New Cambridge Street Protected Bike Lane

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bicyclist rides on a new black asphalt bike path next to a stretch of grass with newly planted trees next to a road

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Accessibility

Eyes On the Street: Chelsea’s Produce Distribution Corridor Gets Much Needed Bike and Ped Upgrades  

A Black man in a dark navy suit holds a microphone while listening to a curly-haired white woman in a red suit while she gestures with one hand and holds a microphone in the other. They are sitting on a stage in a conference room in front of a light blue banner that reads "NACTO Designing Cities 2022"

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Highways

An Inside Look at Federal Highway Officials’ Efforts to Encourage Safer Streets

A crowd of people and Bluebikes gathers near Boylston Street

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Events

NACTO Comes to Boston

A map of Boston's current bike network and new infrastructure announced by the Wu administration on Tuesday. Bold orange lines indicate new protected bike lanes and yellow lines indicate new contraflow bike lanes on one-way streets. Dark blue lines indicate protected bike lane projects already in progress, including Tremont Street in the South End and Ruggles Street in Roxbury.

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Mayor Wu Announces Major Expansion of Boston’s Bike Network

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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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

Street Design