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MeVa Adds 50 Percent More Service On Lowell-Lawrence-Haverhill Bus Routes
In July, MeVa will start operating buses every 20 minutes on weekdays for its two busiest routes.
June 10, 2025
‘We Need Each Other’ – Mourners Remember Crash Victims, Demand Safer Streets
"We are here tonight because we know we can do better. We must do better," said Gina Gancheva, whose 4-year-old daughter Gracie was struck and killed outside of the Boston Children's Museum last spring.
May 26, 2025
Transit Riders Plan Grassroots Protest of Tonight’s Boylston Street Bus Lane Removal
Boston residents are planning to gather in Copley Square this evening to protest the city's planned removal of the Boylston Street bus lane, which improved bus speeds and reliability for the MBTA's Route 39 but also attracted the ire of the politically well-connected Back Bay Association.
March 18, 2025
Registration Opens for Youth Bike Summit in Roxbury
Editor's note: the following article is an edited version of a press release from the Youth Bike Summit's organizers.
March 6, 2025
New Bedford, Fall River Regional Rail Service Will Begin On March 24
The T is now planning to run 32 daily trips on the line, 6 more than it had initially planned.
February 18, 2025
Eng: Full-Speed Subway System Is Saving Riders 40,000 Hours Every Weekday
At the final MBTA board of directors meeting of 2024 on Thursday morning, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng shared a striking statistic about his agency's efforts to fix hundreds of slow zones since 2023.
December 19, 2024
Latest Round of Street Grants Focus on Safe Streets, Bikeshare Expansions, and Snow Removal
This latest round of grants awarded $16.4 million, the largest amount so far, primarily supports efforts grounded in making streets safer for everyone by reducing vehicle speeds and also investing in the equipment municipalities need to maintain their streets and facilitate safe active transportation.
August 5, 2022
A Rough Guide To Boston’s Allston/I-90 Megaproject (archived version)
Note: this is an archived version of our guide, reflecting the project as of May 26, 2022, when we updated the article with new details from a federal funding grant application from MassDOT and the City of Boston. Rather than re-writing this article and losing some of the details about the project's history, we've opted to maintain this article as an archival record. Read the most up-to-date version here.
May 26, 2022
Friday’s Headlines to Wrap Up the Week
A deep dive into the urban freeway demolition trend, plus more evidence that electric and autonomous vehicles aren't great for the climate.
February 18, 2022
Friday’s Headlines Chart a New Course
Transit agencies became more equitable in 2021, but some of those open street programs? Unfortunately, not so much.
January 7, 2022
