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Crowds walk and roll past a map of Sunday's Open Streets event in Jamaica Plain.

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Bicycling

Mayor Wu Announces Expanded Open Streets Events Calendar for 2023

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

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Seasonal Station Removals Put Dorchester’s Bluebikes Network on Ice

A chain-link fence blocks the entrance to the JFK/UMass Red Line station.

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Accessibility

Citing Structural Hazards, T Shuts Down Critical Access Point to JFK/UMass Station

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Boston Begins Construction on ‘Mass. Ave. South’ Protected Bikeway in Dorchester

Woman riding a bike on the trail along Circuit Drive as a car goes by

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Checking in on the Franklin Park Action Plan

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

It’s Official: Boston, MBTA Announce Three Free Bus Routes for Mattapan and Dorchester

Temporary fencing lines the sidewalk on the DCR-controlled approach to the Beades Bridge. Google Street View imagery suggests that the temporary fencing has been there for nearly 8 years. Photo by Tony Dutzik.

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Internal Email Raises Safety Concerns for Dorchester’s Beades Bridge

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City of Boston, MBTA Win Funds to Transform Blue Hill Avenue

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State Records Show MassDOT Overlooked Broken Stairway At JFK/UMass Station

A crumbling DCR-owned stairway leads to Columbia Road from the JFK/UMass station

DCR Columbia Road staircase near JFK/UMass station

BU Professor Dies On Crumbling Staircase Between Two DCR Parkways In Dorchester

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