Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Transit

New Green Line tracks and fresh pavement on the future Community Path, pictured from Cross Street in Somerville, looking northwest towards the McGrath Highway, on July 30, 2021.

Mass. Officials Still Don’t Know How Much Money We’ll Get From Infrastructure Law

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments

Transportation advocates in Massachusetts have lots of big ideas for projects they’d like to buy with new funding from President Biden’s new infrastructure bill: a faster passenger rail line between Boston and Springfield; a new subway to connect the Red and Blue lines in downtown Boston; a realignment of the Massachusetts Turnpike through Allston. But […]

Blue Hill Avenue near Talbot Ave., looking north towards Franklin Park, on the evening of March 5, 2020.

City of Boston, MBTA Win Funds to Transform Blue Hill Avenue

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

City officials have estimated that the project would benefit roughly 20,000 bus riders in Dorchester and Mattapan, reduce their collective commuting times by 800 hours every day, and, with less time wasted in traffic, allow the T to make over 100 additional daily trips on existing routes using the same number of buses and drivers.

The WRTA's downtown bus hub, next to Worcester's Union Station.

Board Votes for One More Year of Zero-Fare Buses in Worcester

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

The WRTA will be free to ride until the end of 2022; meanwhile, the agency will undertake a public process to design a new fare policy to implement when federal relief funding runs out.

Boston City Councilor and mayoral candidate Michelle Wu in front of the entrance to the Forest Hills T station

Guest Column: How Mayor Michelle Wu Can Put Racial Equity in the Fast Lane

By Jonathan Timm | Nov 17, 2021 | No Comments

The Mayor doesn’t control the MBTA, but she can make Boston’s transit system more equitable from day one.

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

In Her First Day in Office, Mayor Wu Proposes More Fare-Free Bus Routes for Boston

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 17, 2021 | No Comments

"Building on the fare-free 28 bus pilot created by Mayor Janey, we will expand access to transit across our neighborhoods, connecting more people to their schools, places of worship, small businesses, and community centers––and easing congestion on our bus riders and drivers alike,” said Mayor Michelle Wu in a press release announcing the proposal.

An Exit Interview With Monica Tibbits-Nutt

By Christian MilNeil | Nov 10, 2021 | No Comments

Monica Tibbits-Nutt, the Executive Director of the 128 Business Council, recently capped off six years of service on the governing boards of the MBTA and MassDOT. Tibbits-Nutt was the Vice Chair of the T’s Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB), and was one of only two board members (along with Chairperson Joseph Aiello) who served […]

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