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Christian MilNeil

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

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Bicycling

Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. In Cambridge

Community Path crossing at Massachusetts Avenue

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Cycling Safety Ordinance Will Bring New Bike, Bus Lanes to North Cambridge This Fall

Newly painted, center-running bus lanes on Columbus Ave. near Jackson Square in Boston, pictured on Sept. 1, 2021. The new busway is expected to open later this month.

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Eyes On the Street: Columbus Ave. Busway, Almost Ready to Ride

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Please Stay On The Grass: More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Catastrophically Flooded Subways

Google Street View imagery of Main Street in Reading shows the street before (from 2019) and after (from 2020) a road diet that reduced the number of vehicle lanes on the roadway. Images courtesy of Google.

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A Reading Road Diet Moves From Pilot to Permanent

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Feminist City

A street-level before-and-after rendering of the proposed changes to Somerville's Powder House Circle. Courtesy of the City of Somerville.

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Somerville to Shrink Powder House Traffic Circle

Vandalized flexposts on the Broadway Bridge in South Boston

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Eyes On the Street: Flexpost Carnage On the South Bay Harbor Trail

On-street dining in Hanover Street in the North End, May 2021

Streetsfilms Features the North End’s Outdoor Dining Streets Transformations

Bike traffic on the Commonwealth Avenue protected bike lane next to the MBTA's Babcock Street Green Line station.

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Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent