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

Transit

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

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Meghan Volcy

A new train with red trim waits at an empty subway platform.

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MBTA

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

Riders check out a newly-rebranded Merrimack Valley Transit bus, with colorful red, blue, and orange stripes wrapped around this bus, next to a fall-themed park with haybales, mums, and pumpkins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. In the background are several triple-decker apartment buildings. Courtesy of Merrimack Valley Transit.

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Lawrence-Haverhill Region Gains Sunday Transit Service With New State Funding

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T Closing Central Green Line Tunnel for Most of January to Fix More Slow Zones

An aerial view of a major highway interchange. In the foreground is the intersection of two multi-lane suburban roads. Behind it is a large parking lot, with a gas station and a handful of other highway-oriented businesses surrounded by asphalt. In the middle distance, a four-lane expressway runs from the right to upper left. In the upper left, the highway crosses a canal over an arched bridge. Another highway runs parallel to the canal into the distance in the photograph's upper right corner.

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Highways

MassDOT Wins ‘Mega’ Grant for Sagamore Bridge Replacement

A rendering of a street with three moving vehicle lanes in the middle, a parking lane on the left curb, and a two-way bike path along the right curb. In the middle distance is a crosswalk and a white-and-yellow MBTA bus is approaching in the opposite lane.

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Street Design

City of Newton Plans Protected Bike Lanes, Road Diet For Washington Street

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Amtrak

MassDOT Wins More Federal Funds to Plan Increased Boston-Albany Amtrak Service

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Bicycling

Eyes On the Street: West Roxbury’s New Protected Bike Lanes

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