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Washington Sends Over $1 Billion in Relief Funds to Bay State Transit Agencies
Massachusetts transit agencies will get just over $1 billion in emergency funding to help sustain service through the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
April 2, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Great Bus Streets, Featuring Boston’s Lindiwe Rennert
This week's podcast features Lindiwe Rennert, a Boston transit planner, who chats about her work on the Warren Street corridor.
March 26, 2020
T Restores Early-Morning Commuter Rail Trips For Health Care Workers
Responding to issues raised in a StreetsblogMASS report last week, the MBTA has announced that it will bring back early-morning commuter rail trains that will allow health care workers to get to work for their 7 a.m. shift change, even as the rest of the transit system continues to run on a reduced schedule.
March 23, 2020
Congress Urged to Act as Pandemic Losses Threaten Transit Agencies
A $1 trillion draft economic stabilization plan from the U.S. Senate provides no financial assistance for the nation's transit agencies, which have been bleeding red ink as the COVID-19 pandemic slashes fare collections and revenues from state sales and payroll taxes.
March 20, 2020
COVID-19 Crisis Stretches Small Transit Providers Thinner
Years of service cutbacks have made it difficult for Regional Transit Authorities to adjust their schedules without seriously impacting the ability of transit-dependent residents to get to their service jobs or access vital services.
March 19, 2020
Reduced Commuter Rail Schedules Leave Health Care Workers in the Lurch
For many hospital workers who work 12-hour shifts that start at 7 a.m., the new commuter rail schedules have eliminated transit as a commuting option.
March 17, 2020
T Data Suggest Service Cuts Will Increase COVID-19 Risks for Low-Income Riders
Ridership has dropped systemwide, but key bus routes that serve lower-income neighborhoods remain busy.
March 17, 2020
MBTA Will Reduce Service in Response to COVID-19
The MBTA has announced that it will reduce subway, bus, and commuter rail services effective Tuesday, March 17 in an effort to reduce the risks of COVID-19 exposure to its employees and riders.
March 16, 2020
Public Transit and Public Health
The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) started having a major impact on civic life in the Commonwealth this week: public agencies are cancelling meetings, universities are sending students home, traffic congestion has evaporated, and the MBTA started taking additional measures to disinfect stations and vehicles.
March 12, 2020
Livablestreets Report Keeps ‘Go Boston 2030’ on the Agenda, Not on a Shelf
In a new report released this morning, the LivableStreets Alliance says that Boston is making good progress on improving street safety, but by and large has yet to make significant progress on its ambitions to reduce traffic and air pollution by increasing biking, walking and transit use.
March 11, 2020
