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A section of the MBTA spider map highlighting alternative routes for the closure of the Ashmont and Mattapan branches of the Red Line.

MBTA

Expect Delays in Dorchester As Ashmont Branch Runs ‘Shuttle Trains’ For the Rest of April

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Elections and Politics

Watch: StreetsblogMASS On GBH

An empty commuter rail platform with a shade canopy overhead. A sign under the canopy reads "NEW BEDFORD" in white text on a purple background. To the right are four sets of railroad tracks leading into the distance.

First Week of South Coast Rail Service Will Be Fare-Free

A crowd of young people on bikes in a large plaza.

Events

Registration Opens for Youth Bike Summit in Roxbury

A cropped detail view of the MBTA commuter rail map diagram highlighting the new South Coast Rail lines to Fall River (lower left) and New Bedford (lower center), with new stations in Middleborough, E. Taunton, Church St., and Freetown. The line continues on existing rails to Brockton (upper edge).

MBTA Releases Official Timetable for South Coast Rail Service

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A technician works on a laptop next to an electric yellow school bus with its front hood opened for maintenance.

Environment

EPA Will Finance 177 New Electric Buses for Mass. School Districts

A black main in a collared shirt stands in front of a purple-and-silver MBTA commuter rail train.

Transit

Longtime TransitMatters Leader Announces Departure

An 20th century photo of a subway entering a tunnel near the Boston airport under a heading that reads "Peoples Caravan A Learning Series Digging Into Transportation Justice"

Transportation for Massachusetts Launching Webinar On Transportation Policy

A satellite-view map of detours on Broadway in Cambridge between Galileo Galilei Way (at the left edge) and Ames Street (at the right edge). A hashed "work zone" is shaded in along the north side of the block in the upper half of the aerial view. A right arrow indicates one-way motor vehicle traffic in the middle of Broadway; below that, another two-way arrow indicates two-way bike traffic on a separated path along the southern edge of the roadway; below that, a dashed line indicates a pedestrian detour route along the southern sidewalk.

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