Christian MilNeil

Buses would also use the proposed new Green Line E branch transitway to bypass traffic between Heath Street and Brigham Circle.

The state's park agency is tearing up two highway lanes' worth of asphalt to convert half of an obsolete highway back into parkland in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston.

"It’s been proven that that area is deadly for pedestrians, and a mess for people in cars too, so let’s fix it up,” says City Councilor Ben Weber.

Background materials provided to the MBTA board of directors suggest that the garage would replace the agency's existing Fellsway and Lynn bus garages.

To promote the later-night service, the T will offer fare-free service on all modes after 9 p.m. for five weekends this fall, starting on Friday, Sept. 5.