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A diagram of alternative transit service during a closure of the Orange Line. The map shows a dashed black line between Forest Hills and Back Bay station, indicating closed subway stations served by a free on-street bus shuttle route.

MBTA

Signal Work Shuts Down Forest Hills-Back Bay Segment of the Orange Line ‘Til March 8

A crowd of passengers in winter coats waits to board a gray bus at a covered transit center under a white tiled ceiling.

Regional Transit Authorities

MBTA Restores Most Service, But Some South Coast Transit Authorities Remain Shut Down Wednesday

A horizontal strip diagram of the MBTA's Red Line between JFK/UMass (at left) and Braintree (at right) showing service alternatives during the November 15 – 23 closure of the Braintree branch. A dotted black line connects (from left to right) the North Quincy, Wollaston, Quincy Center, Quincy Adams, and Braintree stops, indicating bus shuttle service. A purple line parallel to the red line indicates the Old Colony commuter rail lines, which stops at JFK/UMass, Quincy Center, and Braintree. At the bottom of the map is the Ashmont branch of the Red Line, which will operate as usual.

T Suspends Quincy, Braintree Red Line Branch Nov. 15-23

A view down a long, straight bike path at dusk. In the center is a painted yellow line stretching to the horizon; to the left is a chain link fence with bands of horizontal lighting illuminating the path at regular intervals from underneath a steel railing at waist height. On the right is a 2-story brick warehouse building with illuminated windows and graffiti art. In the middle distance are two people blurred from a long photo exposure walking along the path.

Trails

Somerville Completes Installation of Community Path Lighting Improvements

Elections and Politics

Franklin-Hodge Stepping Down As Boston’s Chief of Streets

A strip map of the MBTA Green Line Extension route in Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford with a dotted black line representing shuttle service to all stops between North Station and Medford/Tufts, except Union Square, which is represented as a red X with no shuttle service. The Haymarket, Government Center, and Park Street stations are also represented with red Xs, indicating that those Green Line platforms will also be closed, with parallel service available on the Orange Line from North Station to Haymarket and Downtown Crossing.

MBTA Suspends Green Line Service Through Downtown Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville Through Nov. 13

Bicycling

Friday Video: Five Simple Ways To Get Kids Biking To School

Policing

Friday Video: You Should Care That Your Car Is Spying On You

Blue Line shuttle diversion diagram for Sept. 19-21, 2025. The map shows dotted lines connecting the Airport station (at right) to Maverick, Haymarket, Aquarium, State, and Government Center, in that order, then looping from Govt. Center to Haymarket non-stop to return.

Shuttles Replace Cross-Harbor Blue Line Service This Weekend

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