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Meghan Volcy

A diagramatic map of transit diversions available during the Orange Line shutdown. Three parallel lines show the Green Line (top), which parallels the Orange Line from Copley (a short walk from the Back Bay stop) to North Station, the Orange Line (middle), which will be closed between Jackson Square and North Station, with bus shuttles serving the five stops between Jackson Square and Back Bay, and a purple line indicating NE corridor service from Forest Hills to Ruggles to Back Bay to South Station.

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MBTA Plans 4-Day Orange Line Closure Starting Monday

An evening city street scene on Boylston Street near Copley Square. On the left side of the photo is a busy sidewalk and a Chick-Fil-A restaurant. On the street in front of the restaurant, four cars, three of them double-parked, occupy the multiple-lane street; a food delivery driver is stepping out of one of the cars while a second car is attempting to drive between the others to fit in closer to the curb.

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Advocacy Opportunities

Boston Cyclists Union Promotes New 311 Reporting App

Monica Tibbits-Nutt

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Sec. Tibbits-Nutt Discusses MetroWest Transport Issues With Rep. Cataldo

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Transit

MBTA to Close Orange Line South of Ruggles This Weekend

Workers in fluorescent yellow vests and helmets place tracks inside a subway station below a green "Park Street" sign. The platform of the station is covered in railroad ties and plates and other construction materials. In the distance a yellow lull forklift is on the tracks at the edge of the station.

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Elections and Politics

Governor’s Transportation Funding Task Force Convenes for Its Inaugural Meeting

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MBTA to Suspend Red Line Service In Cambridge and Downtown Boston This Weekend

Mayor Michelle Wu celebrating newly fare-free bus routes at Jackson Square

Mayor Wu Pledges Two More Years of Fare-Free Operations On Routes 28, 29, and 23

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MBTA to Suspend Harvard-Alewife Red Line Service Starting Monday

An animation shows how numerous speed restrictions were removed from the central segment of the Green Line between Jan. 3, 2024 and Jan. 29, when the line reopened after an extended closure for track work. The first frame for Jan. 3 shows a dense cluster of speed restriction icons in the center of the Green Line between Kenmore Square and North Station. The second frame, showing the same map on Jan. 29, shows significantly fewer speed restriction icons.

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January Closure Fixes 16 More Slow Zones on the Green Line

At Long Last, Another New Train Is Rolling On the Red Line

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