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Bike Lanes Are a Hot Topic in the Race for Boston’s Top Office

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 13 – The mayoral race centers on bike lane expansions that reduced crashes by up to 68%, with differing views on traffic flow and road safety measures.

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Bike lanes have cycled into Boston’s mayoral race. The city has pursued a plan to establish over 9 miles of new bike lanes under Mayor Michelle Wu. Her chief rival, Josh Kraft, is challenging the rollout.

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By Andrea Perdomo-HernandezTo read this article in english in WBUR click here.On a suffocating morning at the end of June, Josh Kraft gathered his supporters and the press on a sidewalk in West Roxbury to discuss one of the hottest issues in the Boston mayor's race: Bike lanes. Mayor Michelle Wu's main rival spoke a few steps away from the busy Centre Street, a road that the city reduced from four to two lanes along a stretch of about a mile in …

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