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An illegally parked minivan blocks both the bike lane and and a sidewalk curb ramp on a multi-lane city street lined with historic masonry buildings.

Illegally parked car in Arlington St bike lane March 4 2025

Bicycling

Mayor Wu Admits City Made ‘Mistake’ Removing Protective Barriers Along Key Bike Routes

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Driver Strikes and Kills Pedestrian Outside Boston Medical Center

A photograph of a bridge with a bike lane at left, and a man riding a bike toward the camera, and two car lanes to the right. A column of white flexible-post bollards with a handful of orange construction cones occupies the buffer zone between the bike lane and the car lanes. In the distance, at the end of the bridge, are some trees and the tall buildings of the Boston skyline.

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Protected bike lanes

Eyes On the Street: Posts Replace Cones on Mass. Ave. Bridge

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A bike rider rides along a flexpost-protected bike lane next to a sidewalk cafe on one side and a line of cars waiting in traffic on the other side of the bus lane, on the left edge of the photo.

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Judge Dismisses Suit Against Cambridge’s Cycling Safety Ordinance

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

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

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’

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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Advocacy Opportunities

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

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Charles Proctor's ghost bike memorial in Arlington, MA

Charles Proctor’s ghost bike memorial in Arlington, MA

Arlington Select Board Prioritizes Parking Over Bike Lanes At Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection

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