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A diagram of alternative transit service during a closure of the Orange Line. The map shows a dashed black line between Forest Hills and Back Bay station, indicating closed subway stations served by a free on-street bus shuttle route.

MBTA

Signal Work Shuts Down Forest Hills-Back Bay Segment of the Orange Line ‘Til March 8

A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

This rendering of Back Bay is from inside the station facing the street. A glass wall shows the Back Bay Logan Express bus passing by. Inside, there is a staircase with blue tiling that leads down to the train platforms. Commuters are walking up the stairs, through the station, and sitting down.

Transit

Construction Is Underway On Back Bay Station Makeover

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Christian MilNeil

A satellite view of Rutherford Avenue in Charleston, with Sullivan Square in the upper left and the Charles River in the lower right, highlighting the 25-acre footprint of the roadway in red.

Highways

City of Boston Restarts Rutherford Avenue Design As Funding Deadline Looms

A historic steel truss bridge with a bike path, lined with wooden fencing.

StreetsblogMASS

While We Were Away: A Roundup of News From the Holiday Break

A historic hand-drawn map of subway lines and stations in Boston and Brookline, showing a proposed extension of the old Forest Hills elevated rail line into Roslindale, West Roxbury, and Dedham.

Legislation

Should the Orange Line to Roslindale Be The T’s Next Rapid Transit Expansion?

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.

MBTA Adds More Bus, Subway Service With Winter Schedule Updates

A white and yellow cargo bike with a large bucket in front of the handlebars is parked at a bike rack in front of a blooming forsythia bush next to a bike path. A logo on the bucket of the bike says "CargoB".

Bikesharing

CargoB to Rent Cargo Bikes From Transit Stations In Partnership With MBTA

A new Orange Line train at Assembly Station, Summer 2019. Courtesy of the MBTA

T Begins Running Faster Orange Line Service In Medford and Malden

A diagram of alternative transit service during a closure of the Orange Line. The map shows a dashed black line between Forest Hills and Back Bay station, indicating closed subway stations served by a free on-street bus shuttle route. Between Back Bay and North Station, stations with an X symbol indicate stations that will be closed on weekends but open on weekdays. The Green Line runs parallel to those stops between Back Bay and North Station. A purple line indicates parallel commuter rail service from Forest Hills to Ruggles and Back Bay, continuing to South Station in downtown Boston.

SW Corridor Orange Line Service Suspended June 21-29

Diagram of the Orange Line between North Station and Oak Grove. A dotted black line indicates the segment of the line that will be closed 8:30 PM on Friday, May 9 through May 18.  Shuttle buses will serve the stations between North Station and Oak Grove, and a parallel dotted line with stops at North Station, Malden Center, and Oak Grove indicates an alternative express bus shuttle as well as commuter rail service.

MassDOT Road Project Will Shut Down Half of the Orange Line for 9 Days, Starting Friday

Orange Line