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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

A person in a teal dress shirt rides through a crosswalk on a green bike lane that lies between a row of parked cars in the middle of the street and a busy sidewalk on the left.

Boylston Street at Ring Road

Advocacy Opportunities

Mayor Wu Begins ‘Review’ of Recent Street Safety Upgrades – Here’s How to Weigh In

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

BerkeleyStJames

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

Eyes On the Street: the New Boylston Street Bike Lane In Back Bay

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

Grecia White

Boylston Street, September 19

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

A rendering of a proposed high-rise lab building on Brookline Avenue in the Fenway shows proposed new two-way bike paths (lower right) that would provide a protected connection between the Fenway neighborhood to Longwood, via Brookline Avenue, and to the Riverway. Courtesy of the BPDA.

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Protected Intersection Could Bridge Critical Bike Network Gap on the Fenway

Boylston Street