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Christian MilNeil

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Street Design

An Exit Interview With Stefanie Seskin

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Environment

Bill McKibben Talks About Why the ‘Week Without Driving’ Campaign Is Only the Beginning

Two people on bikes ride on a green-painted bike lane towards an arched bridge on the horizon. Next to them are four lanes for motor vehicles being used by two cars, and a wide sidewalk on their right.

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Advocacy Opportunities

Advocates Organize for Safer Access Across Boston University Bridge

A locator map of downtown Boston and Back Bay with the Public Garden in the center and the Charles River in the upper right. A red X marks the spot where a popular access point into the Garden will be closed until Spring 2024. The X is in the center of the map, where Commonwealth Avenue terminates at the western edge of the Garden.

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Walking

Construction Closes Popular Walking Route Across Public Garden In Downtown Boston

A green truss bridge spans a wide five-lane roadway with two leafy trees on either side on a clear sunny day. A sign along the top railing of the bridge says "CITY OF WESTFIELD" while a smaller sign on the bottom reads "Columbia Greenway". In between the two signs is a round city seal in the center of the bridge.

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Video: Take A Ride Along Westfield’s New Columbia Greenway Downtown Extension

A Green Line train passes under a black metal bridge in a forest. A few brick houses are visible in the distance on the other side of the bridge.

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Eyes On the Street: Two New Path Connections In Fenway

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WalkMassachusetts Announces New Leadership

A clump of carpetweed grows out of a sidewalk crack. The plant features small leaves that radiate like spokes from a fingernail-sized wheel out of a central stem, with 3-8 leaves to each node. The plant also features tiny greenish-white flowers with 5 petals.

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A Streetsblog Field Guide to Sidewalk Wildflowers

Turners Falls shared streets and spaces project in Montague, Mass.

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MassDOT’s ‘Shared Streets and Spaces’ Grants Will Continue Into 2024

A paved path extends under an overpass in the distance alongside railroad tracks with rusty boxcars and a power line corridor, which run along the right edge of the photo. To the left is a retaining wall and some exposed rebar from an under-construction bridge abutment.

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Another Gap’s Gone On the Northern Strand Trail In Everett