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A diagram of alternative transit service during a closure of the Orange Line. The map shows a dashed black line between Forest Hills and Back Bay station, indicating closed subway stations served by a free on-street bus shuttle route.

MBTA

Signal Work Shuts Down Forest Hills-Back Bay Segment of the Orange Line ‘Til March 8

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Christian MilNeil

Four purple MBTA diesel locomotives parked next to each other on storage tracks in a large layover yard covered with ballast rocks. The Boston skyline is visible in the distance on the left edge of the photo.

Uncategorized

MBTA Teaming Up With Maryland  to Procure New Battery-Electric Locomotives

A crowd of passengers in winter coats waits to board a gray bus at a covered transit center under a white tiled ceiling.

Regional Transit Authorities

MBTA Restores Most Service, But Some South Coast Transit Authorities Remain Shut Down Wednesday

A view of a multi-track train station from an elevated perspective from a nearby building. A CSX freight train is approaching the platforms from the lower right. Several of the platforms at left are abandoned but there is a newer platform visible in the upper part of the rail yard. In the distance are multi-story masonry buildings of a small city.

Rail

Planned Springfield Station Expansion Anticipates More Amtrak Service in Western Mass.

New sidewalks under construction on Ruggles Street next to the Madison Park High School playing fields.

MassDOT

MassDOT Awards $6.6 Million For Municipal ‘Complete Streets’ Projects

A Red Line train arrives at the Charles/MGH outdoor station platform in a heavy snowstorm.

Transit

Transit Agencies Announce Cancelled, Reduced Service In Storm’s Aftermath

A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

A wide, clear sidewalk in downtown Malden Center leads commuters toward the MBTA station, with snow piled at the curb.

Eyes On the Street: Three Weeks After the Storm, Snow Woes Remain Across Greater Boston

A bar chart titled "ticketed civil violations of Mass. speed limit laws since 2013, source: MassDOT driver citation portal, drivercitationdata.dot.mass.gov. The chart x-axis goes from 2013 (left) to 2025 (right) and the y-axis from 0 to 120,000. The bars show a steady downward trend from 2013 (112,503) to 2020 (55,314), then rebound slightly and plateau around 65,000 in 2024 and 2025.

Policing

Mass. Law Enforcement Data Show Dramatic Decline In Speeding Tickets

Two MBTA buses, white with yellow and black stripes under the windows and the word "ELECTRIC" above, sit in a parking lot under an elaborate steel gantry with charging equipment.

Volkswagen’s Crimes Help Finance New Electric Buses In Massachusetts

About 40 cars occupy five lanes of highway in crawling traffic that stretches off to the horizon..

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