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New Census Data Suggests Growing Transit Use Statewide – but Not in Boston or Cambridge
In Boston, an estimated 32.2 of workers used the T to commute in 2018, compared to 34 percent in 2014.
September 26, 2019
Hair-Raising Door Glitches Send New Orange Line Trains Back to the Shop
Frequent riders of the MBTA's Orange Line have noticed that the line's brand-new vehicles haven't been around to delight their riders for a few days.
September 25, 2019
Awful Commutes Have Biotech Workers Seeking Greener Pastures
Highly-paid life sciences workers have a keen financial interest in not wasting their valuable time stuck in traffic.
September 25, 2019
T Board Vents Frustration At Slow Pace of Bus Network Improvements
"It doesn't feel like anything is changing... and that is frustrating. At least for me as a board member and a bus user," said FMCB member Monica Tibbits-Nutt.
September 24, 2019
LivableStreets Report: MBTA Bus Deficiencies Perpetuate Racial Inequality
A new report from the LivableStreets Alliance is drawing renewed attention to inequities in the region's bus network, which forces riders of color to lose significantly more time getting around the region than their white counterparts.
September 23, 2019
Transit Dispatches: Updates From the September MBTA Board Meeting
The MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board met for the first time in over a month today, in a joint meeting with the MassDOT board of directors. Here's a roundup of what they discussed:
September 16, 2019
TransitMatters Report Asks State to Cancel South Station Expansion
TransitMatters argues that South Station is big enough to accommodate a dramatic increase in commuter rail service – but only if the MBTA makes organizational changes to move trains more quickly in and out of the station.
September 12, 2019
Pioneer Valley Rail Advocates Celebrate New ‘Valley Flyer’ Service
Rail advocates in western Massachusetts are celebrating the inaugural run today of a new Amtrak service that will afford Pioneer Valley residents and visitors better daily connections to and from New York City.
August 30, 2019
Mothballing Back Bay Highway Ramp Delivers Windfall to Taxpayers, Developers and T Riders
The closure of a lightly-used Turnpike on-ramp from Clarendon Street under Boston's Back Bay Commuter Rail station will add considerable value to a major redevelopment proposal on the adjacent block, and keep traffic from a nearby parking garage away from the busiest sidewalks around Back Bay Station.
August 28, 2019
The Transit Line That Got Away: Learning From the 28X
The MBTA's Route 28 bus ranks as the region's highest-ridership bus route with over 12,000 riders on a typical weekday. When it runs according to schedule, that bus takes about 30 minutes to traverse the 4.1 miles between Mattapan Square and Dudley Square – an average speed of about 8 miles per hour.
August 26, 2019
