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Christian MilNeil

A FedEx truck and other illegally parked vehicles parked in the middle of a red bus lane marked with the words "ONLY BUS" on a city street lined with tall buildings. In the foreground, two people in winter coats cross the street.

Boylston St bus lane in Back Bay 02.12.2025

Bus lanes

Transit Riders Plan Grassroots Protest of Tonight’s Boylston Street Bus Lane Removal

An illegally parked minivan blocks both the bike lane and and a sidewalk curb ramp on a multi-lane city street lined with historic masonry buildings.

Illegally parked car in Arlington St bike lane March 4 2025

Protected bike lanes

While Constituents Demand Safer Streets, Boston Is Removing Protective Barriers From New Bikeways

Mayor Wu Will Delete Route 39 Bus Lane Through Back Bay

A person rides a bike on a freshly-painted green bike lane next to some flexible-post bollards on a multi-lane city street lined with tall buildings

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Street Design

Eyes On the Street: Two New Back Bay Bikeways

A rendering of a street with a two-way protected bike way on the other side. In the distance are some trees and beyond that is the Hancock Tower skyscraper.

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Bicycling

Boston Will Start Building Dartmouth Street Protected Bikeway This Fall

A city street lined with historic multi-story brick rowhouse buildings with the glass Hancock Tower skyscraper rising above them in the background. In the foreground is an intersection with a traffic light turning yellow and a street sign that says "Appleton Street". A woman in a puffy winter coat is crossing the street. On the right is a newly-painted protected bike lane running between the sidewalk and a row of parked cars.

Berkeley and Appleton November 2023

Transit and Bike Riders Will Get More Space On Back Bay Streets This Year

A sidewalk under construction with as asphalt bike path running down the middle. In the distance a new high-rise building rises behind a construction fence.

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Eyes On the Street: In Back Bay, A New Transit Plaza Takes Shape Over the Turnpike

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Meghan Volcy

Three people riding bicycles down a paved pathway through a shady park on the SW Corridor. Behind them in the upper right corner is another crowd of people on bikes.

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DCR Is Planning A Big Renovation of the Southwest Corridor Greenway

A man rides a Bluebike towards the camera in a separated bike lane that runs between the sidewalk (left) and a row of parked cars (center). A row of flexible-post bollards in the foreground divides the bike lane from moving traffic. The street is lined with multi-story buildings.

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Eyes On the Street: Back Bay’s New Bikeways

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

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