Transit

Many more slow zones still remain, and the T plans to close the central segments of the line for two more 9-day closures in January.

In 2014, the City of Somerville endorsed a plan to create new affordable housing, spaces for small businesses, and public plazas for city-owned land next to the new Gilman Square Green Line Station. Nearly a decade later, it's still an empty lot.

The new law, which is effective retroactively to January 1, 2023, will let taxpayers deduct a much broader range of transportation expenses.