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New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue in front of Cambridge City Hall.

Mass. Ave. at Cambridge City Hall

Bicycling

Cambridge Officials Propose Protected Bike Lanes on Most of Mass. Ave. By 2026

An empty parking lot. Courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Housing

Councilors Vote to Delete Minimum Parking Rules From Cambridge Zoning Code

A Green Line train bearing the destination sign for "Union Square" arrives at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

A Green Line train bears the destination “Union Square” at Lechmere station in Cambridge.

MBTA

Photos: The Green Line Extension’s Opening Day

Protected bike lanes

City of Cambridge Will Miss Cycling Safety Ordinance Deadline With Porter Square Project Delay

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

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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Environment

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.

Route 18 in Weymouth

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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