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Redesigning the Redesign: The T Tweaks Its Bus Network Plan With 11 New Route Adjustments
Two years into its network-wide redesign of its bus network, the MBTA is responding to rider feedback and making adjustments to a handful of bus routes.
July 3, 2026
Eyes On the Street: Bikes, Pedestrians, and Buses Get More Space In Sullivan Square
MassDOT is wrapping up a multi-year bridge replacement project near Sullivan Square that has given transit riders, pedestrians, and bike commuters some significant improvements through the highway interchange that divides East Somerville from Sullivan Square.
April 13, 2026
MassDOT to Reschedule Public Hearing for Mystic River Car-Free Bridge Project
Update: On Monday afternoon, hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin, MassDOT announced that "this meeting has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date." The hearing will now be held on June 24 at Somerville High School.
May 12, 2025
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Woman in Crosswalk on Mystic Avenue in Somerville
Massachusetts State Police have arrested Zewdu Abate Gedamu, 64, of Roxbury, for killing Cheryl Pauline Richards, 52, of Somerville, as she was walking across Mystic Avenue in the crosswalk Saturday evening near Assembly Square.
July 22, 2019
