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Transit

T Will Charge Subway Fares For Entire Newbury/Rockport Regional Rail Line This Summer

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Christian MilNeil

A ferry attendant waits for a bicyclist to wheel his bike onboard at Lewis Wharf in East Boston. The downtown Boston skyline is visible in the background beyond Boston Harbor.

Risk of Driver Inconvenience Throws MassDOT Into the Warm Embrace of Fare-Free Transit

A yellow, white, and black MBTA bus is parked at a curb with the words "NOT IN SERVICE" above the driver's window in the front.

MBTA

T Reacts to Ongoing Driver Shortage With More Bus Service Cuts

Bar chart illustrating monthly bus driver active headcounts and vacancies since January. The number of vacancies increased slightly in the months Jan. to March but decreased slightly in May.

MBTA News Briefs: Finally Some Better News on Bus Driver Hiring

Advocacy Opportunities

House Budget Proposal Would Shift More Funds From Highways to Transit

Regional Transit Authorities

Worcester’s Buses Will Remain Fare-Free Through 2024

Featured Reader Comment: The T’s Boss Got A Big Pay Raise; What About Bus Drivers?

Running Low On Pandemic Relief Funds, Fare-Free Buses Need Gov. Healey’s Help

A view of a sidewalk-level bike lane running alongside newly planted sidewalk trees through a neighborhood of historic brick buildings. In the distance a downtown Boston skyscraper is visible.

Buses Get Pushed to the Side in Boston’s Latest Design for Summer Street

Workers wearing flourescent green jackets place new rebar under the subway tracks inside a subway tunnel. Behind them, three more workers watch over them from the top of an orange machine that has lights illuminating the work

How Red Line Track Defects Prompted Last Week’s Systemwide Slowdown on the T