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MBTA Celebrates Opening of Newly-Accessible Natick Center Station
On Monday afternoon, elected officials and accessibility advocates convened in Natick to celebrate the grand opening of the new, fully-accessible Natick Center station on the Framingham-Worcester Line.
August 11, 2025
Fall MBTA Service Improvements Add More Frequent-Service Bus Routes, Late-Night Service
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.
August 11, 2025
Romanticize It: Introducing Transit Girl Summer
I try to live my life in part by the novelty effect, or how making new memories can slow down time (or at least your perception of it) because you’re not in the same routines that blur the days together.
August 8, 2025
MBTA Proposes Fines, Rules for Its New Bus Camera Enforcement Systems
The proposed fines for blocking a bus lane start at $25 and become incrementally more expensive for subsequent offenses, with higher fines for commercial vehicles.
July 29, 2025
The T’s Bus Driver Shortage Is Easing, But Increasing Traffic Is Delaying Benefits
The T's growing roster of bus drivers is wasting more time stuck in traffic.
July 28, 2025
Another Bus Lane Bites the Dust: Wu Administration Forces Chelsea, Charlestown Transit Riders to Wait In More Traffic
The change comes just weeks before the MBTA rolls out a new bus lane enforcement system, which is expected to improve bus service considerably – at least on the dwindling number of streets where dedicated bus lanes still exist.
July 8, 2025
Balanced For Now – But Beacon Hill Is Putting the T Back On the Edge of Another Fiscal Cliff
The state's final budget gives the T about $80 million less than it had planned to spend in the coming fiscal year to cover its payroll and other transit operating costs.
July 7, 2025
SW Corridor Orange Line Service Suspended June 21-29
The MBTA is suspending service on Boston's segment of the Orange Line for the next nine days, starting Saturday June 21, to install new a new signal system.
June 20, 2025
Legislature’s Fair Share Budget Compromise Gets MBTA Closer to Budget Fix
A compromise on the Fair Share supplemental budget makes it more likely the T will be able to afford its projected $3.24 billion operating budget for 2026.
June 17, 2025
MBTA Hosts Its First Public Hearing for Lynnway Redesign Project
Nearly three years after winning a $20 million federal grant, the MBTA hosted its first public forum on Wednesday evening for a proposed transit-focused redesign of the Lynnway, a major highway that slices across Lynn's waterfront district.
June 13, 2025
