Christian MilNeil
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Dorchester to Get Better Blue Bikes Connections to the Red Line
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The City of Boston is finally poised to build a long-awaited Red-Blue connection (no, not that one): new Blue Bikes stations have finally been permitted for installation at four Red Line stops in Dorchester. “After nearly a year of working with the T on permits, we recently completed the process for seven locations in Boston, […]
Boston Kicks Off Redesign Process for West Roxbury’s Centre Street
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West Roxbury Main Streets, the neighborhood business organization, has been asking the city for traffic calming improvements since 2016, when a survey identified Centre Street's pedestrian-hostile design as a major barrier to foot traffic.
Developers Pitch Major Reconfiguration of Kenmore Square
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"The result is a Kenmore Square whose heart is a public space rather than a busy roadway," says the proposal's designer.
Allston Gets a New Bike/Bus Lane
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It’s been a rough week for the MBTA and its riders, with a Saturday derailment on the Green Line that injured 10, and an extremely disruptive Red Line derailment during this morning’s rush hour, but some good news is here for riders on two of the agency’s busiest bus routes. Over the course of the […]
Monday Headlines
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The MBTA had a rough weekend, with multiple delays across the system for Saturday’s Pride Parade and a derailment that injured 10 riders on the D branch of the Green Line near Kenmore Square (Boston Globe). “The pace of improvement on the MBTA is still far too slow,” Chris Dempsey of Transportation for Massachusetts told […]
MIT Study: High Fares Limit Low-Income Households’ Mobility
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A team of MIT researchers today announced the results of a study that concluded that a discounted transit fare for low-income households could offer significant benefits to those households without necessarily contributing to peak-hour crowding in the MBTA system. In a new whitepaper, “How Low-income Transit Riders in Boston Respond to Discounted Fares: A Randomized […]
Transit Advocates Press State to Build Long-Awaited Blue Line/Red Line Connection
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A quarter of a century ago, Massachusetts promised environmentalists a broad array of transit improvements in order to mitigate air pollution impacts from the “Big Dig” highway expansion. Among those commitments was a short extension to the Blue Line, tunneling a few blocks westward under Cambridge Street, to enable direct transfers to the Red Line […]
The City That Goes to Bed Early: T Board Votes to Cut ‘Late Night’ Service
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A pilot "late night spine" of bus routes running between 2 and 4 a.m. has been cut from the MBTA schedule.
Crowd of 100 Turns Out to Scrutinize Northern Ave. Bridge Plans, Process and Budget
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Dozens of sustainable transportation advocates in the audience, carrying bright signs that read "PEOPLE FIRST," turned out to ask the city for a slimmer bridge design for bikes and pedestrians only.
New Orange Line Cars Have Been Just a Few Months Away for Nearly a Year
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The Orange Line’s vehicles were built during Jimmy Carter’s presidency, between 1979 and 1980, and they are overdue for retirement. In 2016, the T ordered new cars to replace aging fleets on the Orange and Red Lines (the new Orange Line vehicles are coming first, with the new Red Line cars scheduled to start rolling about […]
Worcester’s Transit Agency Considers Ditching the Farebox
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Fares contribute a relatively small portion of Worcester's transit budget, so going fare-free would be a low-cost way to attract many more riders, argues a local public policy research group.
Monday’s Headlines
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A reminder: the City of Boston hosts its community meeting on the Northern Avenue Bridge Project tonight at from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the District Hall Assembly Room (75 Northern Avenue in the Seaport District, one block east of the Courthouse Silver Line Station). Read our coverage of the project here. Here are today’s […]