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<p>Jeff Shwom is a Somerville freelance reporter. He is also a staff reporter for <a href="https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/?s=Jeffrey+Shwom">The Somerville Times</a>.</p>


Jeff Shwom

A brightly-lit bike path next to some bike racks extends into the distance on a long, unlit straightway in the dark (center) at dusk.

Community Path near East Somerville T station at twilight credit Jeff Shwom

Trails

City Will Install Lighting to Dark Segments of the Community Path in East Somerville

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Christian MilNeil

A photoshopped remix of an architectural rendering of a new bridge crossing the river. The bridge structure has been erased and replaced with whitespace, with text that reads "work in progress"

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A Little Wider, A Little Later: An Update on the Mystic River Bike/Ped Bridge

A bus drives up a long, straight city street lined with parked cars and 2-3 story buildignsat dusk.

109 bus on Broadway in Everett

Transit

Route Review: The New Frequent-Service 109 From Somerville to Everett

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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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MBTA

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

A map of the northern part of the Boston region showing proposed changes to five bus routes in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Revere, and Somerville: the 86, in the lower left of the map, which runs between Reservoir Station and Sullivan Square today, but would be shortened to end at Harvard Square in the future; the proposed "frequent-service" 109, which runs through Everett to Sullivan today, and would extend to Harvard in the future to pick up the discontinued segment of the 86; the frequent-service 116, between Maverick and Wonderland, the frequent-service 104, between Airport and Malden Center, and the frequent-service 110, between Wellington and Wonderland.

2024 bus network redesign phase one map

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T Will Launch New ‘Frequent-Service’ Bus Routes in December, But Overall Service Still Remains Below Pre-Covid Levels

A map of the Porter Sq. area in Cambridge and Somerville. The city line is shown as a dotted line running diagonally from upper left to lower right along Elm and Beacon Streets. T stations are shown at Davis Sq (upper left) and Porter (center) and the Somerville Community Path is a green line near the top edge of the map. The map highlights Elm St, Somerville Ave, and Beacon St, which meet at acute angles just east of Porter Square.

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Somerville To Start Implementing New Bike Plan With Connections Near Porter Square

A new sidewalk-level bike lane under construction adjacent to a two-lane city street. Cones and construction barrels litter the bike lane. In the foreground is a raised crosswalk next to a traffic signal.

Argenziano School crosswalk

Street Design

Eyes On the Street: Somerville Fits In Some New Bus, Bike Infrastructure Near Union Square

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Bikesharing

Streetfilms Test-Rides CargoB, Boston’s New Cargo Bikeshare

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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MassTrails Program Grants $12 Million for 65 Trail Projects Statewide

A map of Somerville highlighting its "priority bike network" from the city's bike plan. The map highlights busier streets that would receive separated bike lanes – like Broadway and Somerville Ave. – in green, and quieter neighborhood streets that would receive traffic calming treatments to serve as shared bike routes in blue.

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Vision Zero

New Somerville Safe Streets Ordinance Mandates 30-Mile Protected Bike Lane Network By 2030

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