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New ‘Fair Share’ Funding Gives A Down Payment For MBTA’s Regional Rail Vision
A new supplemental budget law will give the MBTA an extra $60 million to pay for previously-unfunded capital projects, with a $1 million earmark for the agency to prepare a detailed implementation plan for its "regional rail" initiative.
July 16, 2026
Hundreds of Mourners Fill City Hall Plaza to Honor Louisa Gag and Demand Safer Streets
"She was killed on our streets.... We owe Louisa more than our grief. We owe her our action. We have to do better," Mayor Michelle Wu told the crowd of mourners.
July 16, 2026
Three Dead In Two Separate Homicide Crashes On Route 6 In Dartmouth This Week
Two separate homicide crashes in the South Coast town of Dartmouth have left three people dead on a highway with extensively documented safety problems.
July 15, 2026
Guest Column: We Don’t Trust Mayor Wu to Keep Us Safe. Here’s Why
Instead of fixing our streets, her administration's instinct is to procrastinate and hold more meetings.
Forest Hills residents
July 14, 2026
Wu Administration Shelved Safety Plans For Mission Hill Streets Where Driver Killed Louisa Gag
"We knew there were dangers. We had a plan to make it safer. It is blatantly irresponsible for the city to make a deliberate decision to not follow through."
July 14, 2026
Louisa Gag, Longtime Street Safety Advocate, Identified as Thursday’s Homicide Crash Victim
Family members have identified the victim of Thursday morning's homicide crash near Roxbury Crossing as Louisa Gag, a longtime street safety advocate and transportation planner at Boston's City Hall.
July 10, 2026
Driver Kills Bicyclist on Tremont Street In Mission Hill
A driver struck and killed Louisa Gag, a prominent street safety advocate, while she was riding a bicycle on Tremont Street in Mission Hill this morning.
July 9, 2026
Report Shows Yet Another Benefit to Congestion Pricing: Faster Emergency Response Times
Ambulances sped up by 6 percent in an arena where seconds can mean the difference between treatment and death.
July 7, 2026
While NYC Warns of Reliability Problems, the T Stays the Course On Electric Buses
"Zero-emission buses are not where they need to be in terms of delivering reliable bus service," warned Jessie Lazarus, the MTA’s head of rolling stock procurement, at a June MTA board meeting.
July 6, 2026
Redesigning the Redesign: The T Tweaks Its Bus Network Plan With 11 New Route Adjustments
Two years into its network-wide redesign of its bus network, the MBTA is responding to rider feedback and making adjustments to a handful of bus routes.
July 3, 2026
