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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
Will the Mass. Senate Salvage Major Transportation Legislation This Year?
A House proposal to raise gas taxes appears to be dead; instead, the Senate will debate a $16.9 billion bond bill that would authorize more debt to pay for transportation infrastructure projects.
July 14, 2020
T’s Real-Time Crowding Info Expands to 23 Routes, Including the 111 to Chelsea
The MBTA's real-time broadcasts of bus crowding data have been expanded to 23 bus routes, including the 111 to Chelsea.
July 13, 2020
Boston Officials Plan Some Summer Fun for 7-City Point Bus Riders
For now, the new lanes would primarily benefit riders of the MBTA's 7-City Point bus, which connects South Boston, the Seaport District, South Station, and the downtown financial district.
July 1, 2020
Rep. Pressley, Sen. Markey Introduce Legislation to Fund Fare-Free Transit
The proposed legislation would authorize $5 billion a year to fund "Freedom to Move Grants" – a new competitive grant program to support free transit services.
June 26, 2020
