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Christian MilNeil

An aerial view of a planned highway drawn on top of a satellite image showing the Charles River in the upper-left corner and the Mass. Turnpike along the lower edge. The drawing illustrates a wide 6-lane road connecting two intersections, one at left center next to the river, and one 4-way intersection at right center. The designers' blue-and-white logo, reading "PARE Corporation" is at lower right.

DCR Beacon-SFR overview plan April 2025

DCR Proposes A Six-Lane Riverfront Highway For Its Brighton ‘Park’

An aerial view of the N. Beacon St - Soldiers Field Road rotary in Brighton, with the Charles River in the upper left corner and Mass. Pike along the bottom edge. An overlay illustration shows a new roadway with two intersections – one on the left, near the N. Beacon St. bridge over the river, and one on the right, where Parsons St. meets N. Beacon – that could replace the large traffic circle that takes up most of the center of the image.

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DCR Will Present New Plans to Improve Chaotic Riverfront Traffic Circle in Brighton

Bike in Western Ave. bike lane in Allston credit Emily Jacobsen

Bicycling

Eyes On the Street: The New Western Ave. Bike Lanes

Two images side-by-side show a green line train at a platform. The left image is a photo of a train next to a broken, narrow asphalt platform in the median of a multi-lane roadway as a pedestrian crosses in a crosswalk towards it. The right image is a rendering of a wider platform with benches, lights, and wayfinding signage and a fence that protects the platform from the adjacent roadway.

B Branch platforms, current and rendering, credit MBTA and Wikimedia Commons

Accessibility

Here’s the MBTA’s Plan to Make the Green Line B Branch Accessible

A city street and traffic signal. The street features two bike lanes along each curb on either side of the street with hatched lines to buffer the bike lane from moving car traffic in the middle of the street. A man pushes a stroller with two children on the sidewalk next to the street.

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Eyes On the Street: Better Bike Lanes For Allston and Brighton

A diversion diagram for the Green Line B branch, illustrated as a horizontal line, with Boston College on the left and Kenmore to the right, with an arrow pointing further right labelled "Park St & north". A black dotted line connects stations between Boston College and Babcock St., representing suspended streetcar service. A solid green line, representing active service, connects Babcock St. to Kenmore to the right. Red octagons with white Xs mark the Allston St., Griggs St. and Packards Corner stations where there will be no shuttle service.

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MBTA

T Suspends B Branch Service Along Commonwealth Ave. ‘Til August 11

A cropped view of the MBTA rapid transit map showing the B and C branches of the Green Line, with the following stations highlighted in red: on the B branch from left (west) to right: South St., Chestnut Hill Ave., Chiswick Rd., Sutherland Rd., and Packard's Corner; on the C branch, from left (west) to right: Englewood ave., Dean Rd., Tappan St., Fairbanks St., Brandon Hall, Summit Ave., St. Paul St., Kent St., Hawes St.

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Washington Pledges $68 Million for Green Line Accessibility Upgrades

A long, empty four-lane highway bisected by.a median with trees stretches toward the horizon. A single car approaches in the distance.

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Highways

DCR Will Make One of Its Pointless Charles River Highways Half As Pointless

A photo of a street in Chinatown. In the distance on the left, several construction workers shovel asphalt to patch a hole in the street, which is roped off around the construction site. On the right, a Boston Police officer in a green high-viz vest talks on his phone while watching the work.

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Policing

The Cops’ Directing-Traffic Racket Is Delaying Safety Projects

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