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We’re catching up a bit on last week’s news after a week off for a summer break. Here’s a recap of the news that happened while our newsletter was on a brief hiatus…

An extra-long articulated bus in the white, yellow, and black MBTA color scheme waits in traffic on a wide multi-lane street with a red light in the distance. An electronic sign in a side window of the bus says "28 MATTAPAN." A street sign on the left says "Rexford Street".

Mayor Wu and MBTA Announce Compromises and Another Round of Meetings for Blue Hill Ave. Project

Christian MilNeil

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Gove Gone, Osgood In: Mayor Wu Shakes Up Streets Cabinet Leadership

Mayor Wu is shaking up the leadership in her Streets Cabinet in the aftermath of last month’s homicide of Louisa Gag, who was killed by a truck driver while riding her bike in Mission Hill.

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An aging highway viaduct with green-painted steel beams that sit on rust-stined concrete columns hulks over a large city intersection with green highway signs and traffic lights.

McGrath Highway's Makeover: Two New Bridges Coming to Somerville

Meghan Volcy

The road to redesigning McGrath Highway in Somerville continues as MassDOT prepares to replace a major bridge on the Somerville/Cambridge city line. 

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A view of a city street lined with protected bike lanes and newly planted trees; an inset in the lower left corner shows a Google Street view of the same location when the same street was a four-lane highway.

Eyes On the Street: A Greener, Calmer Cummins Highway

Christian MilNeil

After two years of construction, work is nearly complete on a dramatic transformation of Cummins Highway in Mattapan.

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Wednesday’s Headlines Flock Together

Blake Aued

Some traffic enforcement cameras are installed in a way that makes them dangerous to road users.

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