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Success For the T’s New Bus Network Hinges on the Longwood Medical Area
A new study involving MassDOT, Longwood Medical Area institutions, and the City of Boston aims to determine the best bus routing and infrastructure options for a major expansion of bus routes through the congested neighborhood.
July 29, 2022
Public Bathroom Access An Undervalued But Necessary Element of Walking, Transit Infrastructure
Catarina De Albuquerque, chief officer of the United Nations Sanitation and Water for All, calls the dearth of public bathrooms “an ongoing sanitation crisis, and it highlights American inequality and marginalization.”
July 25, 2022
MBTA Board Updates: FTA Safety Directives, Hiring Challenges, and More Buses
Since the summer of 2020, when the T began advertising for new safety-related positions in response to a critical independent safety audit, 917 new hires have joined the agency, but 908 employees have quit or retired.
July 19, 2022
Lawmakers Slam MBTA’s Lack of Transparency: ‘Riders Will Never Come Back if They Can’t Trust the Information They’re Getting’
"Who's calling the shots at the T?" asked Sen. Brendan Crighton, the Co-Chair of the legislature's Joint Committee on Transportation.
July 18, 2022
Mass. Senate Revives Low-Income Fare Legislation
The low-income fare legislation still needs approval from the House of Representatives, whose leadership snubbed similar language when it voted on its own version of the bond bill last month.
July 15, 2022
T Considers Battery-Equipped Trains to Accelerate Rail Electrification Plans
Using batteries aboard trains could help the T avoid costly construction of overhead wires in places where they may be difficult to install and maintain, such as near bridges and tunnels.
July 12, 2022
Guest Column: What if We Held Transit and Traffic to the Same Safety Standards?
Editor's note: this piece originally appeared in Greater Greater Washington and is being reprinted here with permission.
July 6, 2022
Slower Than Walking: Downtown Gridlock Bogs Down the T’s Subway Replacement Shuttles
On the first full day of an emergency shutdown of the central portions of the Orange and Green lines, thousands of subway passengers endured long lines for shuttle buses and excruciatingly slow trips between North Station and Government Center.
June 24, 2022
MBTA Closes Downtown Segments of Orange, Green Lines
UPDATE: The MBTA announced on Sunday evening that the Haymarket subway tunnels have reopened and Orange and Green line service has resumed.
June 23, 2022
La MBTA Anuncia Recortes Significativos al Servicio del Metro Para Rectificar Peligros de Seguridad
Días después de que inspectores federales dieran una serie de directivos a plazo corto para que la agencia corrigiera serios problemas de seguridad en el sistema de transporte rápido, la MBTA anunció el Viernes, Junio 17 que iba a reducir el servicio del metro bastantemente para así poder cumplir con los requisitos del gobierno federal.
June 21, 2022
