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Christian MilNeil

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.

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MBTA

New Labor Contract Generates a Surge of Job Applications at the T

T Reacts to Ongoing Driver Shortage With More Bus Service Cuts

The T’s New 5-Year Capital Budget Puts Climate Progress In A Slow Zone

Riders in Chelsea and an MBTA outreach worker wait to board the bus at Bellingham Street in downtown Chelsea. T staff shared information about the Bus Network Redesign project with members onboard.

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Advocacy Opportunities

Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses

The MBTA’s Bus Driver Shortage Is Getting Even Worse

A rendering of a new bus garage, showing a gray, low-slung building with eight garage doors facing the viewer, and three black-and-yellow MBTA buses parked in the lot in front. In the foreground, a bike rider and two pedestrians walk along the garage driveway. The MBTA's "T" logo is visible on the top of the building.

Quincy Bus Garage Back Out to Bid, Delayed ‘Til End of 2025

Chelsea bus lane installation on Broadway

Transit

T Releases New Bus Network Redesign Map Based on Rider Feedback

A detail of the MBTA's proposed new bus network map, showing the proposed new routes that would connect Roxbury and Dorchester to the jobs of the Longwood Medical Area (upper left). Courtesy of the MBTA.

MassDOT

Two More Days To Weigh In on Bus Network Redesign

A dozen people walking in all directions, plus one person on a bicycle, crossing the intersection of Brookline and Longwood Avenues under the Longwood Galleria neon sign. The Longwood Area's skyline of hospital buildings is visible in the background.

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Success For the T’s New Bus Network Hinges on the Longwood Medical Area

Our First Look At the T’s Proposed New Bus Network

Better bus project