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An animated GIF shows how slow zones, marked with icons across the MBTA system map, have steadily been disappearing month by month. The most recent frame shows May 1, when all of the slow zone icons on the Blue Line have disappeared.

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T Restores Full-Speed Service to the Blue Line After 2-Week Closure

A diagram of the Blue Line with dashed black lines indicating shuttle service between Airport and Wonderland Stations (with shuttles extended to Maverick Station from April 17 to. 19).

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UPDATED: East Boston and Revere Lose Blue Line Service ‘Til May 1 for Track Work

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Meghan Volcy

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MBTA Announces Spring Service Changes

A promotional image announcing free rides on the Bluebikes system during upcoming MBTA subway closures. The right side of the image shows three people riding Bluebikes over the Neponset River Greenway bridge in Mattapan.

MBTA Closure Support Blue Line

Bicycling

Boston, Bluebikes Offer Free Rides During Subway Closures

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Christian MilNeil

A ferry attendant waits for a bicyclist to wheel his bike onboard at Lewis Wharf in East Boston. The downtown Boston skyline is visible in the background beyond Boston Harbor.

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Transit

Risk of Driver Inconvenience Throws MassDOT Into the Warm Embrace of Fare-Free Transit

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map of East Boston showing Woodland and Orient Heights stations and their susceptibility to flooding

flood zone along the Blue Line

Environment

Blue Line in East Boston Is the Focus of Ongoing Climate Change Mitigation Study

A map illustrates bus shuttle stops for the upcoming April 2022 closure of the Blue Line between the Airport station and downtown Boston. Courtesy of the MBTA.

Blue Line