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A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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Transit

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

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Bicycling

Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square

The northern entrance to the new Charlestown Seawall bike path, pictured from Draw 7 Park in Somerville. The Alford Street Bridge and the spire of the Saint Vincent de Sales Church on Bunker Hill are visible in the distance.

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Two New Trail Links Open, Connecting Greenways North of Boston

New separated bike lanes on Massachusetts Avenue near Dana Street in Cambridge.

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Cambridge City Council Forcefully Rejects Effort to Delay Mass. Ave. Bike Lanes

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

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

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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.

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

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