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Meghan Volcy

A diagram of alternative service options during the planned shutdown of the Green Line between Park St. station and Medford/Tufts in Somerville. Pictured are the Orange Line, which has direct transfers to the Green Line at North Station and Haymarket and a short walking connection between Park St. and Downtown Crossing via the Winter St. Concourse, and a dashed line indicating shuttle service to stops between North Station and Medford Tufts. There will be no shuttle service to Union Sq.

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Green Line Extension Takes a 2-Week Break for the Final Subway Shutdown of 2024

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Medford Main Street Project Sparks Community Debate on Safety, Mobility, and Sustainability

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Eyes On the Street: ‘Clippership Connector’ Comes Together in Downtown Medford

Mass. Central Rail Trail in Weston and Waltham. Solid green lines indicate trail sections that have been completed; the longer green dashed line marked (2) in Waltham is a trail segment that's currently under construction (as of 2022), and the grey dashed line in the center marked (1) is a half-mile segment, currently in design, that would utilize two abandoned railroad bridges over Interstate 95 and the MBTA's Fitchburg Line regional rail tracks.

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Trails

Gov. Healey Adds $24 Million for Trail Projects from Pandemic Relief Funds

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Highways

Safety Advocates Set Their Sights On Medford’s Mystic Mess

Grecia White

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Opening Day: The Green Line Arrives In Medford

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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 Board Updates: Green Line to Medford Will Open Dec. 12

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Bluebikes Expands to Downtown Medford and Malden

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Street Design

On Alewife Brook Parkway, Organizing (and Adjusting Traffic Signals) for a Slower, Safer Street

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