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The T’s New 5-Year Capital Budget Puts Climate Progress In A Slow Zone
The T's latest Capital Investment Plan continues to postpone the transformational projects that will be necessary to electrify transit vehicles and lure more riders out of their cars.
May 4, 2023
Quincy Bus Garage Back Out to Bid, Delayed ‘Til End of 2025
Earlier this year, the T had projected a 2024 opening for the new Quincy garage; after initial construction bids came in way over budget, a new bidding process hopes to get the project done before the end of 2025.
November 1, 2022
MBTA’s New Electric Bus Order Could Support More Center-Running Busways Regionwide
The T is shopping for new buses that would allow boarding on both sides of the vehicle, which could facilitate more center-running busways across the region. "It recongnizes the potential that we don't need to rip up a whole street, if we can just change the bus instead," says Maya Mudgal, a BTD transit planner.
May 4, 2022
Environmentalists Press for All-Electric MBTA Bus Fleet By 2030
"We’ve been pushing the T to set an ambitious deadline for electrification is because the T needs to make a plan for a new fleet, to get its garages modernized, and to make sure there’s enough funding available in the state budget," explained Veena Dharmaraj, Director of Transportation at the Massachusetts Sierra Club.
September 30, 2021
The T’s Electrification Plans Get Thrown Under A Diesel Bus
Environmentalists got a double dose of bad news at Monday's MBTA board meeting, where, after a long discussion of brutal service cuts being planned for 2021, T officials also revealed that its timeline to start replacing diesel buses with all-electric vehicles would be delayed until the late 2020s.
November 11, 2020
Batteries, Or Overhead Wires? The Debate Over Zero-Emission Bus Technology
Transit advocates worry that the MBTA is undermining the proven electric trolleybus technology it's been using for decades.
August 5, 2019
