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Christian MilNeil

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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Highways

An Inside Look at Federal Highway Officials’ Efforts to Encourage Safer Streets

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Kea Wilson

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Bicycling

Advocates Hope D.C.’s Proposed Right-On-Red Ban Will Inspire National Reform

Aaron Short

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Feds Finally Using Highway Money to Tear Down Highways

Grecia White

Pam Daly rides an orange recumbent bike with two wheels in the back and one in the front as she approaches the Zakim bridge with the sun behind it

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Adaptive Cycling On the Harborwalk With Charlestown’s Riders Club

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Vision Zero

State Data Show Uber and Lyft Drivers Were Involved in Over 1,000 Crashes in the City of Boston Last Year

People wearing day-glo vests walk along a paved path that's under construction, with bare soil and riprap on the ground to the left and the Green Line Extension tracks below them to the right.

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Photos: A Construction Tour of Somerville’s Community Path and New Light Rail Line

A map of Boston's current bike network and new infrastructure announced by the Wu administration on Tuesday. Bold orange lines indicate new protected bike lanes and yellow lines indicate new contraflow bike lanes on one-way streets. Dark blue lines indicate protected bike lane projects already in progress, including Tremont Street in the South End and Ruggles Street in Roxbury.

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Mayor Wu Announces Major Expansion of Boston’s Bike Network

Nick Sementelli

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Driving is the New Smoking: Lessons From America’s Public Health Victory Over Tobacco

Noah Berger, administrator of the MVRTA, stands in the open doorway of an MVRTA bus.

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Regional Transit Authorities

Higher Wages, No Fares, and a Massage Chair: How the MVRTA Is Recruiting New Drivers and Increasing Service

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