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A rendering of a wide street from a birds-eye perspective. The center of the street features a red dedicated busway, with two lanes (one in each direction) separated from adjacent traffic with landscaped medians and bus stop waiting area platforms. General motor vehicle traffic is confined to 1-2 lanes on either side of the busway. Along the sidewalks are green dedicated bike lanes, which are generally separated from the adjacent car lanes by gardens surrounded by curbs. A label in the upper left denotes the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, and another label denotes the intersecting street as Walk Hill St.

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Street Design

Boston’s Bus Lane Projects Are Stuck In Red Tape, Leaving Riders Stuck In Traffic

A Route 44 bus on Dudley Street in Nubian Square.

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Elections and Politics

USDOT Cancels $20 Million Pledge to Fund Street and Transit Improvements In Roxbury

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Meghan Volcy

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

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Bus lanes

Public Hearing Reveals Support for Automated Enforcement of Bus Lanes in Boston

A green line train stops in the middle of Huntington Ave. while a passenger disembarks in the middle of the roadway while other riders wait under a bus shelter on the sidewalk at left.

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Boston, MBTA Plan New Center-Running Transitway On Huntington and South Huntington Avenue

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Fall MBTA Service Improvements Add More Frequent-Service Bus Routes, Late-Night Service

A FedEx truck and other illegally parked vehicles parked in the middle of a red bus lane marked with the words "ONLY BUS" on a city street lined with tall buildings. In the foreground, two people in winter coats cross the street.

Boylston St bus lane in Back Bay 02.12.2025

MBTA Proposes Fines, Rules for Its New Bus Camera Enforcement Systems

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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

Massachusetts Transit Agencies Win $106 Million to Buy New Buses Statewide

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Daily headlines

Monday’s Headlines Are Bussin’

3D rendering of an electric passenger ferry with a catamaran-style hull, large cabin windows, rooftop solar panels, and a small open deck area with space for bicycles. Lettering on the side reads "MEVA" and "100% Electric" with a yellow, orange, and green geometric design.

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Regional Transit Authorities

MeVa’s New Electric Ferries Could Set Sail On the Merrimack River Next Summer 

A bird's eye view of an intersection in a residential suburban neighborhood. One street crossing diagonally from lower left to upper right is labelled Concord Street. An intersecting street from the center of the image to lower right is labelled Gorman Road. A building near the top of the image, facing the intersection of those two streets, is labelled Framingham District Court House. A complex of apartments near the left edge is labelled Framingham Housing Authority Musterfield Apartments

Framingham Concord Rd fatal crash site 11.19.2025

Crashes

Driver Kills Man On Bike in Framingham

An extra-long articulated bus in the white, yellow, and black MBTA color scheme waits in traffic on a wide multi-lane street with a red light in the distance. An electronic sign in a side window of the bus says "28 MATTAPAN." A street sign on the left says "Rexford Street".

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Paying With Their Time: Increasing Traffic Congestion Erodes Benefits of Boston’s Fare-Free Buses

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New bus lanes in Sweetser Circle in Everett.

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A wide city street with fresh asphalt and no painted lane markings. In the background are several high-rise buildings

North Washington St repaved 07.07.2025

Another Bus Lane Bites the Dust: Wu Administration Forces Chelsea, Charlestown Transit Riders to Wait In More Traffic