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Morning view of Hyde Park Avenue in Forest Hills, Boston.

Boston Starts Outreach For Hyde Park Ave. Bus and Bike Improvements

By Christian MilNeil | Feb 17, 2020 | No Comments

Planners from the City of Boston and the MBTA held their first open house on Tuesday evening in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood to solicit ideas for “complete streets” and transit-priority improvements to Hyde Park Avenue, a major transit corridor and one of the only north-south routes into the neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Readville. […]

Governor Charlie Baker at the Massachusetts State House. Courtesy of the Office of the Governor.

Governor Proposes More Transport Funding, Partly Reversing Past Cuts

By Phineas Baxandall | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

MassBudget is a nonprofit think tank that conducts research and analysis on economic and budget policy in Massachusetts, with a particular focus on improving the lives of moderate- and low-income residents. This guest post is part of a MassBudget series looking ahead at some major stories to watch for in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 […]

The Blue Hill Avenue Fairmount Line stop, pictured in spring 2019. Courtesy of the MBTA.

MBTA Board Updates: More Fairmount Line Service, Action On Bus Garages

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 28, 2020 | No Comments

Today’s meeting of the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) advanced several initiatives to improve bus and commuter rail service, and also discussed Governor Baker’s new budget proposal. More Fairmount Line service approved The FMCB unanimously endorsed a one-year pilot project, proposed by the City of Boston, to add additional service to the Fairmount […]

A Forest Hills-bound bus bypasses morning traffic on Washington Street in Roslindale. Photo courtesy of the City of Boston.

City Plans To Clone Roslindale’s Washington Street Bus Lane

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 21, 2020 | No Comments

An outbound bus-only lane to match the existing inbound lane is being planned for mid-2020.

The MBTA's first new Orange Line train in over 30 years began serving riders on the morning of Wednesday, August 14, 2019. More trains are expected to enter service every few weeks until the entire fleet is replaced in 2022. Photo courtesy of the MBTA.

MBTA Board Updates: More New Orange Line Trains Coming, And More Bus Garage Discussion

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

The MBTA’s Fiscal Control Management Board met today for the first time since the December holidays for a relatively short meeting focused on the agency’s backlogged bus garage maintenance needs, which Streetsblog covered in detail last week. Some highlights: Deputy General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville announced that the source of an “uncommon noise” in new Orange […]

Governor Baker, MassDOT Secretary Stephanie Pollack, and MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak celebrated the new Orange Line train at Wellington Station on August 14, 2019. Photo by Joshua Qualls, courtesy of the Governor's Press Office.

Will the Transportation Budget Reflect New Realities? 6 Things to Look Out For

By Phineas Baxandall | Jan 13, 2020 | No Comments

Will the Governor’s FY 2021 budget proposal indicate his commitment toward improving public transit, developing regional rail, reducing traffic congestion, and other priorities?

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