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MBTA Wins $140 Million to Run More Trains to Lawrence and Haverhill
The grant funding will finance double-tracking along most of the line to support more frequent train service, plus new high-level boarding platforms at Reading, North Wilmington, Ballardvale, and Andover stations.
August 21, 2026
The Orange Line Is Closed From Back Bay to Oak Grove Through August 30
The T is also planning track maintenance work that will let trains travel at a faster 55 mph speed limit between the Assembly, Sullivan, and Community College stations.
August 20, 2026
Against Neighbors’ Wishes, Boston Streets Commissioners Cancel Planned Bikeway Near Day Square
Among the dozen people who testified at Thursday's hearing, the only people who spoke in favor of removing the proposed bike lane were City Hall employees.
August 20, 2026
MBTA’s $2.4 Million Fare Enforcement Team Issued 117 Warnings, Zero Fines During Its First 11 Months
Station data suggest that the mere presence of civilian fare enforcement agents contributed to a small increase in fare gate payments last year.
August 18, 2026
Phil Eng’s Professional Derailment Costs the T An Experienced Leader, Plus a $495K Settlement
MBTA General Manager Phil Eng is forcing the MBTA to lose an experienced member of its leadership team and pay a $495,000 settlement nearly two years after he pulled his colleague's hair at a 2024 dinner.
August 17, 2026
MassDOT’s Riverfront Interchange Plans In Cambridge Get a Little Smaller
Engineers acknowledge that the Reid overpass, where Memorial Drive meets the Boston University Bridge, is "outdated and no longer reflects current best practices for safety, efficiency, or multimodal access.”
August 13, 2026
Fed Up With Blocked Bike Lanes? ‘Bike Bureau’ Wants to Let City Hall Know It
A software developer is working on an easier-to-use system to report illegally-parked vehicles and identify streets that need better physical protection for bike lanes.
August 12, 2026
City Hall Is On the Verge of Cancelling Privately-Funded Safety Improvements For Deadly East Boston Roadway
The developers of a new apartment building near Day Square had been planning to build traffic-calming safety improvements on a segment of Bennington Street in East Boston. A new plan to cancel those improvements in favor of more parking faces a final vote from Boston's Public Improvements Commission at its August 20 public hearing.
August 11, 2026
Driver Kills 7-Year-Old Victim in Williamstown Crash
There are no sidewalks on the segment of Main Street where the homicide occurred, less than a quarter-mile from the town library.
August 10, 2026
DCR Pilots Car-Free Roads In Blue Hills Reservation This Weekend
Beginning today, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will test weekend restrictions on motor vehicle traffic on parts of Chickatawbut Road and Wampatuck Road in the heart of the Blue Hills Reservation.
August 7, 2026
