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Environment

Healey Administration Delays Rules to Regulate Tailpipe Pollutants From Trucks

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MBTA

Everett, Chelsea Add Bus Lanes to Support New Bus Route Through A Rapidly-Growing Neighborhood

A map of the northern part of the Boston region showing proposed changes to five bus routes in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Revere, and Somerville: the 86, in the lower left of the map, which runs between Reservoir Station and Sullivan Square today, but would be shortened to end at Harvard Square in the future; the proposed "frequent-service" 109, which runs through Everett to Sullivan today, and would extend to Harvard in the future to pick up the discontinued segment of the 86; the frequent-service 116, between Maverick and Wonderland, the frequent-service 104, between Airport and Malden Center, and the frequent-service 110, between Wellington and Wonderland.

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T Will Launch New ‘Frequent-Service’ Bus Routes in December, But Overall Service Still Remains Below Pre-Covid Levels

A bus stop sign next to a bus shelter where a passenger is waiting shows two bus routes - the 75 to Watertown Yard and the 66 to Harvard Square - next to a yellow clock icon with a "15" in the middle.

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Bus lanes

Bus Network Redesign Shows Signs of Life

A rider boards an MBTA bus on Broadway in Everett.

MBTA Endorses A New Bus Rapid Transit Route Through Everett

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Vision Zero

Driver Kills Pedestrian On Route 1A In East Boston

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Passengers cross a boarding platform painted in floral patterns to board or debark from an MBTA 116 bus, which is on the right side of the photo facing the camera. To the left, numerous potted plants and trees surround a bus shelter.

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Street Design

Guest Column: With Data, We Can Design Bus Stops to Make People Feel Happy

A map of the Boston region highlighting proposed high-frequency bus routes in the MBTA's bus network redesign. Highlighted route segments in green indicate existing bus lanes (including Silver Line's Washington Street through the South End in Boston, Huntington Ave, the Columbus Avenue bus lanes in Roxbury, and segments of Massachusetts Ave. across the Charles River and in Arlington). Pink segments indicate bus priority corridors being planned, including Blue Hill Ave. and Warren Street for the route 28, and Western Avenue in Allston. Yellow highlighted segments indicate "new bus priority needed," on streets like Meridian St. in East Boston and Arsenal St. in Watertown.

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Here’s the MBTA’s Bus Lane Wishlist for Its New ‘High Frequency’ Bus Routes

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MassDOT Starts Planning For Tobin Bridge Replacement

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MassDOT Analysis: Commutes Are Faster For Everyone After Buses Got Their Own Lane On Tobin Bridge

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