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At Long Last, Another New Train Is Rolling On the Red Line
Your odds of catching a new CRRC-manufactured Red Line train just doubled: three years after the first new Red Line train hit the tracks in December 2020, the MBTA started running a second set of new Red Line cars earlier this month.
January 23, 2024
MBTA Plans to Offer Half-Priced Fares for Low-Income Riders Later This Year
During Friday's Audit and Finance Subcommittee meeting of the MBTA board of directors, MBTA officials announced their intention to implement a new half-priced fare for low-income riders within the next few months.
January 19, 2024
Gov. Healey Pledges to Double Operating Support for the T, Seek Replacement for Gasoline Taxes
Governor Maura Healey delivered her first State of the Commonwealth address, which included a few brags about her administration's accomplishments in turning around the MBTA, and a few new promises for transportation policies her administration would like to take on in 2024.
January 18, 2024
Report: Transportation is Still the Leading Source of U.S. Emissions — And Not Just From Tailpipes
The transport sector still leads the nation in greenhouse gas emissions — but that's not all.
January 18, 2024
Justice for All, and Roses Too: A Conversation with Reggie Ramos, the New Leader of Transportation For Massachusetts
In September, Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA), a statewide coalition that advocates for better, more equitable transportation systems across the Commonwealth, welcomed a new Executive Director, Reggie Ramos.
January 17, 2024
Highway Engineers Sought Exemptions From Safe Street Design Requirements In Springfield’s $19 Million Rebuild of ‘The X’
In Springfield, a city that ranks among the Commonwealth's most dangerous places for traffic violence, the intersection known as "The X" has a special distinction for the volumes of blood that drivers have spilled on its asphalt.
January 15, 2024
Boston’s Next Bus Rapid Transit Line Would Link Downtown, Sullivan Square Before the End of This Decade
An updated new design for Rutherford Avenue would set aside space for a dedicated center-running busway through Boston's Charlestown neighborhood and eliminate highway-style underpasses through Sullivan Square.
January 10, 2024
Lawrence-Haverhill Region Gains Sunday Transit Service With New State Funding
This story has been adapted from a MeVa press release
January 8, 2024
New Year, No Fares: Beacon Hill Bankrolls Dozens of Free Bus Routes Statewide
The state budget that lawmakers passed last summer is bankrolling a major expansion in popular fare-free bus routes across the entire Commonwealth this winter.
January 5, 2024
T Closing Central Green Line Tunnel for Most of January to Fix More Slow Zones
Today, the MBTA is suspending service on the central segments of all four branches of the Green Line for most of January to try and fix some of the track defects that slow down trains between Kenmore Square and North Station.
January 3, 2024
