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Christian MilNeil

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.

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

Chelsea bus lane installation on Broadway

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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.

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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

A map of the City of Boston's proposed route for a new "multimodal corridor" between North and South Stations. The route includes Causeway Street in front of North Station, Congress Street between Causeway and Post Office Square, and either Federal, Congress, or Pearl Street (to be determined) to Dewey Square and South Station. From there, the route would continue onto Summer Street into the Seaport.

Downtown multimodal corridor route map April 2022

City of Boston Reboots Plans for Bus-Priority Corridor Between North, South Stations

A rough draft map of the T's proposed "high-frequency" bus routes, which could be implemented starting next year under the agency's Bus Network Redesign. Courtesy of the MBTA

Draft high-frequency bus route map Sept. 2021

MBTA Board Updates: 25% More Bus Service, Driver Hiring, Ridership Recovery

Newly painted, center-running bus lanes on Columbus Ave. near Jackson Square in Boston, pictured on Sept. 1, 2021. The new busway is expected to open later this month.

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A First Look at the T’s Proposed ‘High-Frequency’ Bus Network

A rider boards an MBTA bus on Broadway in Everett.

Tonight: Help the T Design A New Bus Network

A MBTA trackless trolley bus leaves Harvard Square on Route 71. Photo by Adam E. Moreira, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

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The T’s Electrification Plans Get Thrown Under A Diesel Bus

Better bus project