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Christian MilNeil

A bridge under construction. In the foreground are four piers, and behind them, large steel beams sit on top of another set of piers. The top of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge is visible in the background.

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Bicycling

Could North Washington Bridge Delays Create Space for a Permanent Busway to Charlestown?

A man in a blue ballcap and white collared shirt sits on a bench in front of an MBTA rapid transit map inside a subway station.

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Elections and Politics

Riders Are Skeptical That This Election Will Make Much Difference at the T

City of Boston Public Works Department workers clear snowbanks from a crosswalk outside of Symphony Hall in the aftermath of the blizzard of January 30, 2022.

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Accessibility

Boston Plans for More Sidewalk Plows, Expanded Sidewalk Snow-Clearing Program

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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Transit

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

An exterior photo of the new Harvard Engineering School building, next to a protected bike lane. A large group of people on bikes is gathered in the foreground next to a glass-clad bike parking shed while a jogger runs by on the sidewalk.

Harvard Engineering School

A Tour of Boston’s New Bike Parking Rooms

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Vision Zero

State Data Show Uber and Lyft Drivers Were Involved in Over 1,000 Crashes in the City of Boston Last Year

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Boylston Street, September 19

The Orange Line Is Back, But Several of Boston’s ‘Temporary’ Bus and Bike Lanes Will Remain

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City Hall plaza renovations under construction

A Sneak Peak of Our Newly Accessible City Hall Plaza

A map of Boston's current bike network and new infrastructure announced by the Wu administration on Tuesday. Bold orange lines indicate new protected bike lanes and yellow lines indicate new contraflow bike lanes on one-way streets. Dark blue lines indicate protected bike lane projects already in progress, including Tremont Street in the South End and Ruggles Street in Roxbury.

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