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An MBTA subway diagram highlighting slow zones on the system as of August 29. Clusters of slow zones remain on the Braintree branch of the Red Line in lower right and the ends of the Orange Line, with a scattering of other individual slow zones on the inner-core segments of the Red, Green, and Orange lines.

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Last Week’s Red Line Closure Fixed 6 More Slow Zones

A stylized map of the Hyde Park nieghborhood highlighting a segment of River St. and Fairmount Ave. (center), the site of the Aug. 11 Open Streets event

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Events

Hyde Park Gets Its First Open Streets Festival This Weekend

A Bluebikes dock at the Green Street Orange Line station in Jamaica Plain.

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Bikesharing

Bluebikes Offers Free Rides During Red Line Shutdown

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StreetsblogMASS Is Taking A Summer Break

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Elections and Politics

House Economic Development Bill Could Include Language to Keep Cars Out of Bus Lanes

Alternative service map graphic for the June 2024 Orange Line closure, showing shuttle service as a dashed black line between North Station and Wellington, and parallel commuter rail service between North Station, Malden Center, and Oak Grove

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T Suspends North Side Orange Line Service June 22-30

Fans wearing Celtics jerseys disembark from an Orange Line subway train at North Station. Courtesy of the MBTA.

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T Promises Championship-Caliber Transit Service for Friday’s Celtics Parade

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Open Streets Come to Blue Hill Ave. This Saturday

Workers replace rails in a subway tunnel, with a station platform visible in the distance.

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T Knocks Out 10 More Slow Zones On the Orange Line

Everett Transportation Fair event flyer, light blue background with images of a bike, a bus, a food truck, and trees. The text in the image outlines the details of the event, which are also included in the article below.

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This Weekend: Explore the Northern Strand With City of Everett Transportation Staff

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