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Christian MilNeil

A purple-and-silver MBTA commuter rail diesel train crosses the North Station drawbridge over the Charles River with the high-rises of downtown Boston in the background.

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Trails

Will A New Rail Bridge Across the Charles Include a Long-Promised Walkway to North Station?

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Meghan Volcy

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Vision Zero

Thousands of Drivers Caught On Camera Passing Stopped School Buses In Peabody

A cropped view of the MBTA rapid transit map showing the B and C branches of the Green Line, with the following stations highlighted in red: on the B branch from left (west) to right: South St., Chestnut Hill Ave., Chiswick Rd., Sutherland Rd., and Packard's Corner; on the C branch, from left (west) to right: Englewood ave., Dean Rd., Tappan St., Fairbanks St., Brandon Hall, Summit Ave., St. Paul St., Kent St., Hawes St.

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Accessibility

Washington Pledges $68 Million for Green Line Accessibility Upgrades

Orange Line diversion diagram with shuttle and Green Line diversions. Dotted lines between North Station and Wellington on the right side of the image indicate shuttle services. Between North Station and Back Bay, the map illustrates Green Line stops within walking distance of closed Orange Line stops

OrangeLineDiversionMapMay2024

MBTA

Orange Line Service Suspended From Back Bay to Wellington ‘Til June 6

A bus rider pays their fare with their phone during a test of the T's new fare system on an MBTA bus in downtown Boston in January 2021.

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MBTA Proposes More Tweaks to Long-Delayed ‘Fare Transformation’ Initiative

Blue Hill Ave. Fairmount Line station

New Fairmount Line Schedule Takes Effect With Trains Every 30 Minutes

A group of people wearing fluorescent yellow safety vests chats in a circle next to a parked MBTA bus.

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MBTA Is Finally Showing Progress on Bus Operator Hiring

A yellow shuttle bus at right drives in a lane separated from other traffic by a row of orange construction cones. A orange barrel in the left foreground shows a sign with a bus icon pointing to the right and a car icon pointing left. High rise office buildings are in the background

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Red Line Closed From Park Street to JFK/UMass ‘Til May 10

A green line train stops in the middle of Huntington Ave. while a passenger disembarks in the middle of the roadway while other riders wait under a bus shelter on the sidewalk at left.

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Street Design

Huntington Ave. Redesign Will Eliminate Last Mixed-Traffic Segment of the Green Line By 2027

An animated GIF shows how slow zones, marked with icons across the MBTA system map, have steadily been disappearing month by month. The most recent frame shows May 1, when all of the slow zone icons on the Blue Line have disappeared.

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T Restores Full-Speed Service to the Blue Line After 2-Week Closure