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Christian MilNeil

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

MeVaBus2022

Equity

RTAs Are Giving Their Riders A Holiday Bonus

A man in a blue ballcap and white collared shirt sits on a bench in front of an MBTA rapid transit map inside a subway station.

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Elections and Politics

Riders Are Skeptical That This Election Will Make Much Difference at the T

A rendering of a new bus garage, showing a gray, low-slung building with eight garage doors facing the viewer, and three black-and-yellow MBTA buses parked in the lot in front. In the foreground, a bike rider and two pedestrians walk along the garage driveway. The MBTA's "T" logo is visible on the top of the building.

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MBTA

Quincy Bus Garage Back Out to Bid, Delayed ‘Til End of 2025

Chelsea bus lane installation on Broadway

Transit

T Releases New Bus Network Redesign Map Based on Rider Feedback

Grecia White

A black-and-yellow MBTA route 47 bus drives in an empty lane delineated by a row of cones from an adjacent car lane where multiple cars and SUVs are stuck in traffic. To the left of the bus, along the curb, is a bicycle lane.

Brookline Avenue october 2022

Bus lanes

Boston Test-Drives Dedicated Bus Lanes Through Longwood

A row of cones delineates a bike lane on the Mass. Ave. bridge. A bicycle rider coasts by on one side of the cones while a car drives by to the left. On the horizon are the skyscrapers of the Back Bay neighborhood reflecting the late-afternoon sunlight.

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MassDOT Calls Harvard Bridge Road Diet ‘Extremely Effective,’ Says Changes Will Become Permanent This Fall

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Bicycling

Cambridge Advances Plans for Bus Stop Upgrades, Bike Lanes Around Harvard Square

A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.A route 28 bus advertising the fare-free pilot passes through Grove Hall on Blue Hill Avenue on October 5, 2021.

28 bus in Grove Hall

MBTA Staff (Finally) Endorse Comprehensive Low-Income Fare Program

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Lynn Commuter Rail Station Closes For Reconstruction Project

mapa de East Boston con as zonas a riesgo de inundacion cerca de las estaciones de la Linea Azul

Spanish, East Boston Blue Line flooding zones

Environment

La Línea Azul En East Boston Es El Enfoque de Estudio de Cambio Climático