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Christian MilNeil

A trail though leafy woods leads to a tunnel under a roadway in the middle distance. Three signs stacked vertically on a signpost next to the trail in the foreground read "End / Bruce Freeman Rail Trail / Ahead"

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Trails

MassTrails Program Grants $12 Million for 65 Trail Projects Statewide

An MBTA commuter rail train with a purple front and a T logo on its side approaches an under-construction station platform in the center of the image. In the right foreground are two other railroad tracks. To the left behind the platform are two domed spires rising above a train station building.

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MBTA

T Sees Increased Worcester Line Ridership After Sacrificing ‘Heart to Hub’ Express

WRTA Downtown bus hub

Regional Transit Authorities

New Year, No Fares: Beacon Hill Bankrolls Dozens of Free Bus Routes Statewide

A map of the MetroWest region of Massachusetts, extending from I-495 in the west to Waltham in the east, Framingham in the south, and Concord in the north. The Mass. Central Rail Trail corridor, highlighted in green solid lines where the trail is complete and in dotted lines to indicate incomplete trail sections, crosses the center map west to east, and the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail crosses the center of the map north to south.

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Bicycling

3 Major MetroWest Trail Projects Are Under Construction In 2023

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Although the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail bridge over Route 2 is still officially closed for construction, people are making their way around the existing barricades and riding their bikes on it. The left photo shows the paved portion on the south side of Route 2, while the right photo shows the unfinished, gravel portion on the northside just a few feet away. Both photos were taken this past Saturday, June 25th.

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From Framingham to Lowell, Progress Continues on a 25-Mile Bike Path Through Boston’s Western Suburbs

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

The new section of the Cochituate Rail Trail in Natick opened earlier this year, and connects the village of Saxonville in Framingham to Natick Center.

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Travel Guide: Wayland’s Aqueducts and the New Cochituate Rail Trail

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