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The relatively smooth rollout in New York has, predictably, triggered questions about what other cities might follow the Big Apple’s lead.

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Do the police arrest enough drunk drivers?

Are police in Boston really making fewer arrests than in small towns – and if so, why?

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Is the dam breaking on camera enforcement?

Pedestrian deaths have been rising, and it’s increasingly indefensible not to use an obvious tool to reduce them.

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Finding more money in the state budget for transportation

The clock is ticking on the Healey administration’s transportation funding task force.

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Widett? Well, why not?

Everyone wants the train, nobody wants the train yards.

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When the Mass Pike viaduct comes down in Allston, what will go up?

The Allston Interchange plan has changed countless times since the state began planning it a decade ago, and undoubtedly it’ll change many times...

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Yesterday’s future, today

I’ve been collecting failed predictions related to Greater Boston’s physical infrastructure for the last two years. Some were nuts, but some showed...

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The other east-west rail

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Someone needs to shake up Beacon Hill

The extreme dysfunction of the Legislature, though, is giving GOP candidates an opening to use the same playbook that Democrats have often used...

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Getting people back on the T

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A Kendall Square train station would be grand

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Milton’s case against MBTA law heads to SJC

The closely watched case has critical implications for the state’s housing crisis.

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Reading the T leaves on late-night service

Is the T going to resume late-night subway service eight years after discontinuing it?

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Bike lane politics roil Cambridge — again

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Boston’s first traffic garden opens

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A tight deadline for the Fairmount Line

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More bike lanes? Let’s vote

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2024 hindsight on Boston’s Olympic bid

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Does Josh Kraft have a chance against Mayor Wu? 4 writers react.

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Do the police arrest enough drunk drivers?

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Is the dam breaking on camera enforcement?

Alan Wirzbicki

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Widett? Well, why not?

Alan Wirzbicki

When the Mass Pike viaduct comes down in Allston, what will go up?

Alan Wirzbicki

Yesterday’s future, today

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A Kendall Square train station would be grand

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Milton’s case against MBTA law heads to SJC

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