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Pioneer Valley Rail Advocates Celebrate New ‘Valley Flyer’ Service
Rail advocates in western Massachusetts are celebrating the inaugural run today of a new Amtrak service that will afford Pioneer Valley residents and visitors better daily connections to and from New York City.
August 30, 2019
Cambridge Has Grand Plans for the Grand Junction Rail Line
The City of Cambridge has kicked off a public design process to build several key segments of a new bike and pedestrian pathway that would cross the city from the BU Bridge to the Somerville city line along the Grand Junction rail line.
July 24, 2019
Why Is the T Trying to Turn an East Boston Rail Corridor Into a Private Roadway?
Two former state Secretaries of Transportation are raising serious concerns over the MBTA's attempts to sell easement rights to private developers for the use of an abandoned mile-long rail corridor along the Chelsea Creek waterfront in East Boston.
July 16, 2019
Transit Advocates Press State to Build Long-Awaited Blue Line/Red Line Connection
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.
June 7, 2019
New Orange Line Cars Have Been Just a Few Months Away for Nearly a Year
The Orange Line's vehicles were built during Jimmy Carter's presidency, between 1979 and 1980, and they are overdue for retirement.
June 3, 2019
