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Route Review: Riding the New Frequent-Service 104 from Malden

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A map of the northern part of the Boston region showing proposed changes to five bus routes in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Revere, and Somerville: the 86, in the lower left of the map, which runs between Reservoir Station and Sullivan Square today, but would be shortened to end at Harvard Square in the future; the proposed "frequent-service" 109, which runs through Everett to Sullivan today, and would extend to Harvard in the future to pick up the discontinued segment of the 86; the frequent-service 116, between Maverick and Wonderland, the frequent-service 104, between Airport and Malden Center, and the frequent-service 110, between Wellington and Wonderland.

2024 bus network redesign phase one map

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T Will Launch New ‘Frequent-Service’ Bus Routes in December, But Overall Service Still Remains Below Pre-Covid Levels

A group of people wearing fluorescent yellow safety vests chats in a circle next to a parked MBTA bus.

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MBTA Is Finally Showing Progress on Bus Operator Hiring

A bus stop sign next to a bus shelter where a passenger is waiting shows two bus routes - the 75 to Watertown Yard and the 66 to Harvard Square - next to a yellow clock icon with a "15" in the middle.

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Bus Network Redesign Shows Signs of Life

A view of the new Columbus Ave. bus lanes and the new bus platforms at Walnut Avenue.

Walnut Ave. Bus Platforms

MBTA Board Updates: Bus Projects Make a Comeback

A map of the Boston region highlighting proposed high-frequency bus routes in the MBTA's bus network redesign. Highlighted route segments in green indicate existing bus lanes (including Silver Line's Washington Street through the South End in Boston, Huntington Ave, the Columbus Avenue bus lanes in Roxbury, and segments of Massachusetts Ave. across the Charles River and in Arlington). Pink segments indicate bus priority corridors being planned, including Blue Hill Ave. and Warren Street for the route 28, and Western Avenue in Allston. Yellow highlighted segments indicate "new bus priority needed," on streets like Meridian St. in East Boston and Arsenal St. in Watertown.

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Here’s the MBTA’s Bus Lane Wishlist for Its New ‘High Frequency’ Bus Routes

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.

MBTA Not In Service bus

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

T Reacts to Ongoing Driver Shortage With More Bus Service Cuts

A black bus with the words "ELECTRIC BUS" on its side parks in a parking lot under a white charger, which is supported by a large steel mast arm that's cantilevered over the bus. In the background are some city buildings.

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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.

Riders in Chelsea and an MBTA staff member waiting to board the bus. T staff shared information about the Bus Network Redesign project with members onboard.

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

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