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Christian MilNeil

A rendering of an arched bridge lit up at night over a river with a high-rise glass building on the horizon in the upper right corner. The bridge has no cars and a handful of pedestrians are pictured walking along its surface, which is about 18 feet wide, between two waist-high railings.

MassDOT To Begin Construction On New Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Next Year

A long, straight bike trail cuts through the woods under fall leaves with a trail kiosk to the left and a green sign to the right that reads "Sudbury Center Historic District, 1.4 miles; Parkinson Field Parking Lot, 1.6 mi, Sudbury-Concord Town Line, 4.4 mi."

Eyes On the Trail: A New Link From Sudbury to West Concord

A straight paved trail runs alongside a wooden fence through the autumn woods. To the left, through the trees, a small lake is visible.

DCR, MBTA Host ‘Fall Rail Ride’ To Concord and Wachusett This Weekend

A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

Temporary fencing lines the sidewalk on the DCR-controlled approach to the Beades Bridge. Google Street View imagery suggests that the temporary fencing has been there for nearly 8 years. Photo by Tony Dutzik.

Highways

MassDOT Highway Administrator Discusses Challenges of Aging Highways and Rising Costs

A bike path runs alongside a narrow paved roadway. A green sign reads "BIKE ROUTE: Groveland Com. Trail" and beyond is a stop ahead sign.

Healey Administration Announces $7.5 Million in MassTrails Grants

A low-angle view of a city street with a green-painted bike lane to the left, and a row of black-and-white striped plastic mounds installed between two white stripes in the buffer zone between the bike lane and the car lanes to the right. In the distance, workers are installing more of the black-and-white barriers from a truck parked in the bike lane.

Bicycling

Boston Tries Out ‘Better Barriers’ to Sub For Battered Bollards

A look at the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line from the Sherman Street grade crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The train tracks with a white utility truck and industrial buildings on the right and trees, shrubs, and a small parking lot on the left.

Accessibility

Trump’s Budget Cuts Won’t Stop Cambridge From Bridging Its Communities

A Route 44 bus on Dudley Street in Nubian Square.

Elections and Politics

USDOT Cancels $20 Million Pledge to Fund Street and Transit Improvements In Roxbury

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

Mayor Wu Trounces Anti-Bike Challenger In Preliminary Election

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

Street Design