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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

Adaptive Cycling On the Harborwalk With Charlestown’s Riders Club

By Grecia White | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

For six months out of the year, staff and volunteers, mostly recreation therapists, loan out adaptive bikes and take participants for guided rides along Boston’s Harborwalk.

Four people: a white man wearing a blue collared shirt and tie, a black woman wearing an athletic long-sleeved top, a white woman wearing a pink blazer, and a white man wearing a collared short-sleeved polo shirt, stand behind a Bluebikes bicycle in a brick plaza. Behind them is a row of more bikes parked in a Bluebikes station.

Salem Doubles Its Bluebikes Coverage

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

The new stations will expand Bluebikes coverage into neighborhoods north and west of the downtown area, and supplement existing docks in high-ridership locations like Salem State University and the MBTA regional rail stop.

A bicycle rider enters a bike lane delineated with cones and construction barrels on Columbus Avenue in Back Bay. The bike lane runs along the curb, with a row of parked cars to its left.

Boston’s Exciting Biking Transformation: How the City is Promoting Biking on Multiple Fronts

By Grecia White | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

The city isn’t just focusing on new infrastructure: it’s also hosting educational programs, expanding the Bluebikes system, and rolling out new subsidies for e-bike purchases.

Boston Officials Test-Drive New Electric Bikes for Potential Inclusion in the Bluebikes System

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 13, 2022 | No Comments

"We're looking at what it would take to add e-bikes to the Bluebikes system, and I wanted to try out the hardware," says Boston's Chief of Streets, Jascha Franklin-Hodge.

a flagger wearing a bright reflective vest stands in the intersection and waves a charter bus through

Mostly Smooth Rides For the First Full Weekday of Orange Line Closure

By Grecia White | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

This morning was the first full weekday of the month-long Orange Line shutdown, coupled with the Green Line shutdown from Government Center to Union Square. On my way to work downtown, I left my house and tried to make peace with the uncertainty of the commute ahead. Originally, my plan to reach downtown Boston involved […]

the MBTA's official detour map for the Orange Line shutdown, illustrating closed subway stops on the Orange and Green Lines, dashed lines indicating alternative shuttle service (between Forest Hills and Back Bay and Copley to the south, and between Oak Drove and Government Center to the north). To cross downtown Boston, riders will need to transfer from shuttles to the Green Line at Government Center or Copley, ride the Green Line a few stops, then transfer back to another shuttle on the other side.

Orange Line Shutdown: Here’s What You Need to Know

By Grecia White and Christian MilNeil | Aug 15, 2022 | No Comments

The entire Orange Line and a downtown segment of the Green Line will shut down for a month starting this weekend, and the MBTA and coordinating agencies in state and local governments are scrambling to nail down the details for alternative transit services. The Orange Line is the T’s second-busiest rapid transit line. Post-pandemic ridership […]

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