Boston Seeks Plans for Bus Priority, Protected Bike Routes Through Longwood and Kenmore Square
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) just released a request for proposals to conduct a new transportation study of the Longwood and Kenmore Square neighborhoods that aims to accommodate millions of square feet in new development with new transit-priority streets and better-connected networks of trails and protected bike lanes.
August 9, 2022
T Announces Another Month-Long Closure For 5 Green Line Stops; Postpones Opening Date For Medford Extension
The closure of the North Station Green Line stop means that users of the north side commuter rail network will have no subway connections when they arrive in Boston (before the pandemic, North Station saw over 18,000 daily boardings on commuter rail trains).
August 5, 2022
100,000 Riders In the Lurch: MBTA Will Shut Down Entire Orange Line For 30 Days Starting August 19
The closure will shut down the entire Orange Line at 9 p.m. on Friday, August 19, and service won't resume until 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19.
August 2, 2022
Deference to Car Traffic Compromises Key Missing Link in Boston’s Bike Network
When it comes to designing safer streets to make that future a reality, the city is binding itself with assumptions that it won’t actually meet its climate goals, and sacrificing public space that could otherwise be dedicated to bus lanes or protected bike lanes in order to accommodate pre-pandemic volumes of motor vehicle traffic.
August 1, 2022
Two More Days To Weigh In on Bus Network Redesign
MBTA and MassDOT staff will refine the proposed new bus network map based on public feedback over the rest of the summer, then present a final proposal to the MBTA board in October.
July 29, 2022
Success For the T’s New Bus Network Hinges on the Longwood Medical Area
A new study involving MassDOT, Longwood Medical Area institutions, and the City of Boston aims to determine the best bus routing and infrastructure options for a major expansion of bus routes through the congested neighborhood.
July 29, 2022
Uber and Lyft Ridership May Be Faring Even Worse Than Transit
In 2021, Uber and Lyft only carried 44 percent as many trips as they did in 2019, before the pandemic.
July 22, 2022
MBTA Board Updates: FTA Safety Directives, Hiring Challenges, and More Buses
Since the summer of 2020, when the T began advertising for new safety-related positions in response to a critical independent safety audit, 917 new hires have joined the agency, but 908 employees have quit or retired.
July 19, 2022
Lawmakers Slam MBTA’s Lack of Transparency: ‘Riders Will Never Come Back if They Can’t Trust the Information They’re Getting’
"Who's calling the shots at the T?" asked Sen. Brendan Crighton, the Co-Chair of the legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation.
July 18, 2022
Truck Driver Kills Cambridge Man Next to Symphony Hall in Boston
Massachusetts Avenue, a major north-south bike route between Cambridge, Back Bay, the South End, and Dorchester, features a paint-only bike lane at the site of the crash.
July 14, 2022
