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Advocates Set An Agenda For Salvaging the T’s Troubled Buses
One of the report’s key arguments – and the reason for its title – is that the region’s current bus fleet is actually smaller than it was in the early 1970s, even though the region has added 1.7 million new residents since then.
January 25, 2023
A Roundup of Holdups
Updates on bus lanes in Brookline, the Bruce Freeman bridge in Concord, Orange Line slow zones, and more.
November 5, 2021
Eyes On the Trails: More Mystic River Greenways In the Works
Two trail segments that are nearing completion in Everett, Boston, and Somerville will provide crucial links to the proposed Mystic River bike and pedestrian bridge.
October 22, 2021
Baker Admin Commits Funding for Proposed Mystic Greenway Bridge
“We are going to fund this project and make it happen,” said the Governor at a press conference on the shore of the Mystic River on Friday afternoon.
October 22, 2021
Help Pick A Route for the Silver Line Extension Through Everett
Planners seek feedback on potential alignments that would extend the Silver Line busway from its current terminus in Chelsea into Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, and downtown Boston.
April 27, 2021
Bikeshare Systems Expanding to Salem, West Springfield
Salem plans to join the Bluebikes system with eight new stations, and West Springfield will join the ValleyBike system with two new docks.
February 3, 2021
Everett Celebrates New Bus Lanes, Mobility Hubs Along Broadway
Officials from the City of Everett, MassDOT, and MBTA joined transit advocates in Everett Square this morning to celebrate new bus lanes and other mobility improvements along Broadway, Sweetser Circle, and Main Street.
October 27, 2020
T Announces New Bus Lane Projects, Targeting 6 Regional Bottlenecks
The T estimates that, even under reduced levels of ridership during the pandemic, these bus lane projects would benefit over 50,000 riders every weekday.
August 28, 2020
Everett, Somerville Advance Silver Line Extension Project
A grant application document submitted to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission requests $425,000 for the “planning and design of the MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service from its current terminus in Chelsea, through Everett, Sullivan Square, and Washington Street in Somerville, and terminating at appropriate MBTA Red Line and/or Green Line intermodal facilities.”
February 13, 2020
City, Encore Casino Studying Two New Gondola Links In Everett
The City of Everett is seeking funds for a $200,000 gondola study that would include ridership projections, conceptual alignments and station designs, permitting needs, and budget estimates.
February 11, 2020
