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Riders in Chelsea and an MBTA outreach worker wait to board the bus at Bellingham Street in downtown Chelsea. T staff shared information about the Bus Network Redesign project with members onboard.

Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

One of the report’s key arguments – and the reason for its title – is that the region’s current bus fleet is actually smaller than it was in the early 1970s, even though the region has added 1.7 million new residents since then.

A rendering of a proposed Columbus Avenue busway, looking down at the street from above, with the Northeast Corridor railroad tracks at left, the Southwest Corridor bike and walking paths, and center-running bus lanes on Columbus Avenue, with bus shelters located between the bus lanes and the general-purpose motor vehicle lanes.

Our First Look at Boston’s Plans to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes

By Christian MilNeil | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments

The project would more than double the length of the existing busway that opened on Columbus Avenue last year.

A bridge under construction. In the foreground are four piers, and behind them, large steel beams sit on top of another set of piers. The top of the cable-stayed Zakim Bridge is visible in the background.

Could North Washington Bridge Delays Create Space for a Permanent Busway to Charlestown?

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

"We’ve been living with construction for years with only three lanes on a temporary bridge, so why add back another car lane when we have this opportunity?"

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

Residents Discuss the Future of Blue Hill Avenue’s Bus Lanes

By Grecia White | Oct 31, 2022 | No Comments

Only one participant at the virtual meeting identified themselves as a bus rider, even though Blue Hill Avenue is home to New England's busiest bus route, the 28.

A black-and-yellow MBTA route 47 bus drives in an empty lane delineated by a row of cones from an adjacent car lane where multiple cars and SUVs are stuck in traffic. To the left of the bus, along the curb, is a bicycle lane.

Boston Test-Drives Dedicated Bus Lanes Through Longwood

By Grecia White | Oct 24, 2022 | No Comments

Along both sides of Brookline Avenue between Longwood Avenue and Riverway/Fenway, new pop-up bus lanes offer a less congested path not just for Green Line shuttle buses, but also for the LMA’s shuttles, and riders of numerous MBTA bus routes.

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet 'Extremely Effective,' Will Make Changes Permanent This Fall

By Christian MilNeil | Oct 24, 2022 | No Comments

MassDOT will re-stripe lanes and add flexible-post bollards to make the changes permanent later this fall.

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