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Lawsuit: State Illegally Eliminated Carpool Lane On I-93
The Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston-based environmental group, has filed its intent to sue MassDOT over its decision to let single-occupant vehicles into a transit and carpool lane on Interstate 93 north of Boston earlier this year.
October 8, 2019
Mayor Walsh, Advocates Call For More Fairmount Line Trains
A proposed demonstration project could significantly reduce wait times for commuter rail riders from Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park.
October 7, 2019
For Priority Trails-To-Transit Projects, MBTA Can’t Get Out of Its Own Way
Today's Boston Globe reports on the ongoing efforts to build a new bike and pedestrian bridge over the Mystic River to connect Everett to the Assembly Orange Line stop, and how administrative bottlenecks at the MBTA are hampering the project in spite of broad financial and political support.
October 4, 2019
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
