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Our First Look At the T’s Proposed New Bus Network
By Christian MilNeil |
The MBTA has published a draft map of its proposed new bus network – a major milestone in the agency’s efforts to reinvigorate and expand its bus services. For the past year, the T’s planners have been working on a blank-slate redesign of its bus routes to adapt to the region’s changing travel patterns, better […]
What Maura Healey’s Climate Plan Reveals About Her Transportation Priorities
By Sam Mintz |
The framework contains a number of ideas about how to decarbonize the transportation sector, which generates roughly 40 percent of the state's climate-heating pollutants.
The Blue Line’s Rough Ride Will Continue One More Week
By Christian MilNeil |
On Thursday, the MBTA announced that its suspension of Blue Line service between the Airport station and downtown Boston will extend one more week, through Tuesday, May 17.
Highway Pollution Is Surging Back Towards Pre-Pandemic Levels
By Christian MilNeil |
Massachusetts residents burned through roughly 596 million gallons of gasoline during the first three months of 2022.
Feds’ Safety Review Could Impact Local Governance Over the T
By Christian MilNeil |
"FTA leadership recently discussed the pattern of safety incidents with MBTA executive leadership, yet it remains unclear what actions the MBTA Board and executive team are implementing to prevent and address the system's safety violations," wrote federal officials.
Two New Trail Links Open, Connecting Greenways North of Boston
By Christian MilNeil |
A tour of the new Charlestown Seawall trail, which connects Draw 7 Park in Somerville to Alford Street in Boston, and the new Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, which connects the Alewife Red Line station to Watertown Square.