The MBTA's new higher-frequency schedule for the Fairmount Line took effect yesterday, May 20, which means that riders in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park can now catch a train every 30 minutes on weekdays.
The new schedule also gives weekend riders a considerable boost in service: while the previous schedule had trains running every 90 minutes, the new schedule has trains running every 30 to 60 minutes.
View the new Fairmount Line schedules here.
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Without a formal project agreement in place, MassDOT will receive only $8 million out of a $335 million "reconnecting communities" grant that the Biden administration had pledged.
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA rolls out a new bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling number of streets where dedicated bus lanes still exist.
The state's final budget gives the T about $80 million less than it had planned to spend in the coming fiscal year to cover its payroll and other transit operating costs.
