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The new Magoun Square Green Line station under construction, seen from Lowell Street. This station is on the longer Medford branch of the Green Line Extension, which is expected to open later this year.

Magoun Square Green Line station under construction in Feb. 2022

Bicycling

Eyes On the Green Line: Somerville’s New Community Path Is Coming Together

A MBTA trackless trolley bus leaves Harvard Square on Route 71. Photo by Adam E. Moreira, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

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The T’s Zero-Emission Trolleybuses Are Headed for the Scrap Heap

A pedestrian walks in the right lane of MassDOT's Route 18/Main Street in Weymouth because the sidewalks are buried in deep snowbanks.

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Accessibility

MassDOT’s Complete Streets Philosophy Got Buried Under Massive Snowbanks This Weekend

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

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Equity

15 Cities and Towns Ask the T to Streamline Agreements for Fare-Free Bus Programs

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DCR Announces Scaled-Back Memorial Drive Road Diet for 2024

Portrait of Whitney Zhang of Boston on the Cambridge side of the Mass. Ave. Bridge on Nov. 23, 2021

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Mass. Ave. Bridge Users Praise Improved Bike Lanes: ‘I Hope We See More of This’

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Advocacy Opportunities

Election Day Roundup: Meet the Candidates, Make a Plan to Vote

Bike traffic on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge heading towards Cambridge on the evening of August 4, 2021.Bike traffic on the Massachusetts Avenue bridge heading towards Cambridge on the evening of August 4, 2021.

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Advocates Petition for Protected Bike Lanes on Mass. Ave. Bridge Before Year’s End

The new REI co-op in Cambridge is right next to the new Lechmere Green Line station (visible in the background of this photo) and the new Community Path.

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