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The Tracks Are New, But the Green Line’s E Branch Still Gets Stuck in Traffic
Last week, the E Branch of the Green Line reopened to riders after a month-long construction project to replace tracks on Huntington Avenue.
September 10, 2020
Video: Watch the Green Line’s E Branch Reconstruction in 45 Seconds
The 28-day closure on the E branch allowed workers to replace three miles' worth of track in a compressed construction timeline: the T estimates that if the same work had been done piecemeal during weekend and nighttime closures, it could have taken a full year to get finished.
September 1, 2020
T Announces New Bus Lane Projects, Targeting 6 Regional Bottlenecks
The T estimates that, even under reduced levels of ridership during the pandemic, these bus lane projects would benefit over 50,000 riders every weekday.
August 28, 2020
Seaport Subterfuge: Boston Calls Out Massport for Undermining Summer Street Busway
Earlier this summer, Mike Meyran, Massport's Port Director, emailed South Boston businesses and asked them to lobby City of Boston officials to oppose dedicated bus lane projects in the congested Seaport neighborhood.
August 27, 2020
MBTA Begins Planning for $300 Million Budget Shortfall Next Year
The T will begin a planning for possible service cuts next summer "based on observed ridership levels and budget constraints."
August 25, 2020
The Red (Bottom) Line: The T’s Bleak Long-Term Budget Outlook
Editor's note: this story was originally published in August; we're featuring it again today to provide some context to the T's proposed service cuts. Some of the budget projections for 2021 and 2022 have changed, but those projections remain very uncertain.
August 13, 2020
TransitMatters Releases ‘Data Dashboard’ to Visualize T Delays
TransitMatters hopes the data visualizations will help advocates "more effectively keep tabs on the T operational performance and capital delivery projects."
August 11, 2020
If the T Decriminalizes Fare Evasion, What’s Next for Its Transit Police?
While the Massachusetts State House ponders significant reforms to fare enforcement on the MBTA, and – in separate legislation – to policing in general, the MBTA's in-house police force faces a reckoning.
August 10, 2020
Lawmakers Are Poised to Reform Fare Enforcement on the T
In addition authorizing debt spending for hundreds of infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth, the multi-billion dollar bond package that the Massachusetts Senate passed earlier this month would also make significant reforms to how the MBTA enforces fare payments on its trains, buses, and ferries.
July 28, 2020
Mass. Senate Passes Transportation Debt Bill, Punts on How to Pay for It
Advocates call the Senate's bill 'disappointing' and 'a missed opportunity' to enact bold new policies that could manage congestion and reduce pollution.
July 16, 2020
