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More Bluebikes Coming Soon: City of Boston Plans 100 New Bikesharing Stations Across the City
Editor's note: this article is an edited City of Boston press release.
August 12, 2024
Hyde Park Gets Its First Open Streets Festival This Weekend
Boston's open streets program will come to Hyde Park for the first time ever this weekend, opening up a short segment of River Street and Fairmount Avenue for foot traffic on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
August 8, 2024
Local Advocates Will Bring National Youth Bike Summit to Roxbury in 2025
Advocates from two local nonprofits – the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition and Bikes Not Bombs – will help host the annual Youth Bike Summit in the city of Boston next summer.
August 8, 2024
T Suspends B Branch Service Along Commonwealth Ave. ‘Til August 11
Starting Friday, MBTA is suspending service on the B branch parts of the Green Line for ten days to repair tracks and address some of the last remaining speed-restricted zones on the Green Line network.
August 2, 2024
Eyes On the Street: the New Boylston Street Bike Lane In Back Bay
Earlier this month, Boston's Transportation Department put the finishing touches on a major new protected bike lane on Boylston Street through the heart of Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.
July 22, 2024
Boston Breaks Ground On New Milk Street Bikeway Downtown
A street paving project now underway on Milk Street in downtown Boston will soon create another link in the city's growing network of separated bike lanes, and will connect Downtown Crossing to the Rose Kennedy Greenway along the harborfront.
July 19, 2024
Too Hot to Move – Heat Wave Wilts Foot Traffic and Transit Riders
As the heat index pressed past the century mark in the greater Boston region Wednesday afternoon, pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders crowded into the shade of trees and struggled to keep cool.
July 17, 2024
T Promises Championship-Caliber Transit Service for Friday’s Celtics Parade
Riders and tourists will get a glimpse of the MBTA's potential on Friday when the agency pulls out all the stops to deliver higher-than-average service for the Boston Celtics championship parade.
June 20, 2024
Open Streets Come to Blue Hill Ave. This Saturday
Boston's open streets program is coming to Roxbury this weekend on Blue Hill Avenue, between Warren Street and West Cottage Street from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
June 16, 2024
Will A New Rail Bridge Across the Charles Include a Long-Promised Walkway to North Station?
The MBTA appears to be moving ahead with plans to replace a major drawbridge next to North Station without a long-planned bike and pedestrian path that would have connected riverfront parks in Boston and Cambridge.
June 5, 2024