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A bicycle rider coasts through an intersection in a bike lane next to two cars and a pickup truck waiting to turn left from the oncoming direction. In the foreground, a row of flexible-post bollards separates the bike lane from the car lanes. A group of pedestrians on the opposite corner waits to cross the street.

New Cambridge St. bike lanes at New Chardon Street

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Bicycling

Mayor Wu Announces New Bike Riding Instructional Programs for Boston Kids

A locator map of the MBTA's Dorchester Ave. bridge project. A red circle about one block south of the Andrew Sq. Red Line station indicates the location of the project. South Boston is located in the upper right corner of the map and Everett Square in Dorchester is in the lower left corner.

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Walking

Dorchester Ave. Bridge Reopens to Pedestrian Traffic (But Still Closed to Cars)

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Regional Transit Authorities

El Autobús Gratuito Desde Lawrence a la Playa Salisbury Comienza el Sábado

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

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MeVa Launches Free Beach Bus This Weekend, From Lawrence to Salisbury Beach

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A farmers’ market in downtown Newburyport.

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T Will Charge Subway Fares For Entire Newbury/Rockport Regional Rail Line This Summer

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A map of Massachusetts highlighting long-distance trails that MassDOT hopes to connect across the state. Those routes are highlighted as yellow lines and include north-south routes in the Berkshires from Pittsfield to North Adams, in the Connecticut River Valley from Westfield to Northampton and from Northampton to Springfield, two east-west routes from Palmer to Boston, a route along Cape Cod, and a network of routes to connect gateway cities in eastern Mass. to Boston.

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Trails

MassDOT Releases ‘Priority Trails Network’ Map

Bar chart illustrating monthly bus driver active headcounts and vacancies since January. The number of vacancies increased slightly in the months Jan. to March but decreased slightly in May.

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MBTA News Briefs: Finally Some Better News on Bus Driver Hiring

Workers in fluorescent yellow vests wrangle equipment behind a pickup truck parked on a bike path in a park surrounded by budding trees. In the foreground row of three cones, the middle of which bears a "road closed" sign, blocks access to the trail where they are working. Next to the cones is a vertical concrete bollard with a sign. The top of the sign reads "dcr" with a leaf logo; below that, "Southwest Corridor Park," below that, an arrow pointing to the upper left just above a pedestrian walking icon, pointing to a narrower walking path to the left of the sign; below that, an arrow pointing to the upper right just above a bike icon points to the bike path.

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News Briefs: Free Bluebikes Sundays, Southwest Corridor Path Work Resumes

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