Talking Headways Podcast: Great Bus Streets, Featuring Boston’s Lindiwe Rennert
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This week's podcast features Lindiwe Rennert, a Boston transit planner, who chats about her work on the Warren Street corridor.
Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Transit
T Restores Early-Morning Commuter Rail Trips For Health Care Workers
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Responding to issues raised in a StreetsblogMASS report last week, the MBTA has announced that it will bring back early-morning commuter rail trains that will allow health care workers to get to work for their 7 a.m. shift change, even as the rest of the transit system continues to run on a reduced schedule. Last […]
Congress Urged to Act as Pandemic Losses Threaten Transit Agencies
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A $1 trillion draft economic stabilization plan from the U.S. Senate provides no financial assistance for the nation’s transit agencies, which have been bleeding red ink as the COVID-19 pandemic slashes fare collections and revenues from state sales and payroll taxes. Large transit agencies, whose budgets are generally more reliant on fare revenue, have taken […]
COVID-19 Crisis Stretches Small Transit Providers Thinner
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Years of service cutbacks have made it difficult for Regional Transit Authorities to adjust their schedules without seriously impacting the ability of transit-dependent residents to get to their service jobs or access vital services.
Reduced Commuter Rail Schedules Leave Health Care Workers in the Lurch
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For many hospital workers who work 12-hour shifts that start at 7 a.m., the new commuter rail schedules have eliminated transit as a commuting option.
T Data Suggest Service Cuts Will Increase COVID-19 Risks for Low-Income Riders
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Ridership has dropped systemwide, but key bus routes that serve lower-income neighborhoods remain busy.