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Somerville’s Community Path Extension Is Open
The long-awaited Somerville Community Path Extension will finally open to bike and pedestrian traffic on Saturday, June 10.
June 9, 2023
T Reacts to Ongoing Driver Shortage With More Bus Service Cuts
The MBTA will further reduce bus service in its published schedules this summer to react to its ongoing shortage of bus drivers.
June 7, 2023
MBTA News Briefs: Finally Some Better News on Bus Driver Hiring
The MBTA's three board committees met on Thursday morning with three newly-appointed members to discuss its new 5-year capital plan, hiring updates, and meet the MassDOT's newly-hired Chief Safety Officer.
May 12, 2023
House Budget Proposal Would Shift More Funds From Highways to Transit
The House proposes a $70 million increase in state funding for regional transit authorities – a 74 percent increase in state support – to fund better bus service and potentially expand popular fare-free policies.
April 20, 2023
Worcester’s Buses Will Remain Fare-Free Through 2024
Worcester's transit system will be the longest-running fare-free transit network in the United States.
April 20, 2023
Featured Reader Comment: The T’s Boss Got A Big Pay Raise; What About Bus Drivers?
The Healey administration gave a huge pay increase to the MBTA General Manager's position to lure Phillip Eng to Boston. When will her administration take a similar approach to recruit bus drivers, whose real wages have declined in the past two years?
April 17, 2023
The MBTA’s Bus Driver Shortage Is (Still) Getting Worse
The MBTA currently has 365 vacant bus operator positions, up from 349 in January.
April 13, 2023
Running Low On Pandemic Relief Funds, Fare-Free Buses Need Gov. Healey’s Help
The WRTA has been one of the few agencies that's maintained a continuous fare-free policy since March 2020, and its ridership last year was over 20 percent higher than it was in 2019, before the pandemic began, according to federal data.
April 11, 2023
Buses Get Pushed to the Side in Boston’s Latest Design for Summer Street
Under the administration of former mayor Marty Walsh, Boston had proposed a center-running dedicated busway on Summer Street to connect South Boston, the Seaport District, South Station, and the downtown financial district. Revised plans call for a shared bus-and-truck lane that will run on the side of the street instead.
April 6, 2023
How Red Line Track Defects Prompted Last Week’s Systemwide Slowdown on the T
On March 7, the state office in charge of overseeing safety on the T's subways demanded “a daily report” of track problems that require immediate repair, plus details on any repair work that the T had done to address those defects. Two days later, MBTA officials imposed a global 25 mph speed limit on subways after they found they could not comply with that order.
March 15, 2023
