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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

T Announces Another Month-Long Closure For 5 Green Line Stops; Postpones Opening Date For Medford Extension

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Accessible gendered public bathrooms inside the South Boston Maritime Park in the Seaport neighborhood. The park features many benches as well shade trees and two water fountains.

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Walking

Public Bathroom Access An Undervalued But Necessary Element of Walking, Transit Infrastructure

Dept. of Conservation and Recreation Chief Engineer Jeff Parenti leans into a metal traffic signal cabinet on Broadway in Arlington to adjust the traffic signal timing of the pedestrian crosswalk while Somerville Director Transportation & Infrastructure Brad Rawson watches over his shoulder.

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Street Design

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

The northern entrance to the new Charlestown Seawall bike path, pictured from Draw 7 Park in Somerville. The Alford Street Bridge and the spire of the Saint Vincent de Sales Church on Bunker Hill are visible in the distance.

Draw 7 Park entrance

Bicycling

Two New Trail Links Open, Connecting Greenways North of Boston

Photos: The Green Line Extension’s Opening Day

Passengers on the new Lechmere station platform next to the first train on the new Green Line extension at 5 a.m. on Monday, March 21, 2022.

GLX first train at Lechmere

GLX Opening Day: Scenes From the First Train From Union Square

A Google Street View snapshot of the Fellsway in Somerville, showing a snowbank burying the rightmost lane at its intersection with Mystic Avenue.

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‘Sneckdown’ At Somerville’s Most Dangerous Intersection Could Become Permanent

The new Magoun Square Green Line station under construction, seen from Lowell Street. This station is on the longer Medford branch of the Green Line Extension, which is expected to open later this year.

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