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A new Orange Line train at Assembly Station in summer 2019. Courtesy of the MBTA.

MBTA Board Updates: New Subway Cars Sidelined ‘Til May

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

New Orange and Red Line trains “will remain out of service for at least another 3 weeks,” according to the MBTA’s Deputy General Manager Jeff Gonneville. The revelation came during Monday’s meeting of the Fiscal and Management Control Board. Gonneville told board members that the T is continuing to investigate a March 16 incident in […]

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Monday’s Headlines to Start You Off

By Blake Aued | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

We're still talking about President Biden's infrastructure plan! Plus all the other news.

The Green Line Extension is pictured on a new MBTA map at Ruggles station in April 2021, several months before the line's opening. Photo by Edward Orde, via Twitter.

MBTA Puts New Green Line Stations On the Map

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

A new MBTA map installed in the newly-expanded Ruggles commuter rail station reveals how the Green Line Extension will operate when it opens later this year. The new map shows the six new stations of the Green Line extension, with the Riverside “D” branch running to Union Square, and the Heath Street “E” branch running […]

A ghost bike memorializes Richard Stanley Archer, killed by a hit-and-run motorist on Commonwealth Avenue in April 2017.

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Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time

By Kea Wilson | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?

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Oregon Advocates Sue to Stop Racist Portland Highway Expansion

By Kea Wilson | Apr 6, 2021 | No Comments

Advocates in Portland, Ore. have sued to stop the expansion of an urban renewal era highway project — and possibly writing the next page in the playbook for fighting bad urban freeway redesigns across the U.S.

The Green Line Extension under construction next to a Lowell Line commuter rail train, seen from the Cross Street overpass in East Somerville on Oct. 1, 2020.

What Could Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Accomplish in Massachusetts?

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

It’s only a first draft, and many details remain to be worked out through negotiations and debates in Congress, but here’s what the plan could buy for Massachusetts.

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Opinion: Safe School Transportation Has A Place in the Next Infrastructure Package

By Sam Balto | Apr 5, 2021 | No Comments

Will the Biden infrastructure plan address how our students get to school?

New bus platforms and center-running bus transitway for the T's Route 22 buses are under construction near Walnut Ave. and Franklin Park in this March 3 photograph. The City of Boston and MBTA have secured funding to extend the new transitway northward along Columbus Ave. and Tremont St. to Ruggles station. Photo courtesy of the MBTA.

Boston, MBTA to Extend Columbus Ave. Bus Lanes to Ruggles

By Christian MilNeil | Apr 1, 2021 | No Comments

The new center-running busway with dedicated platforms will speed bus services along Boston's highest-ridership bus corridor.

Motorist Kills Bicycle Rider in Head-On Crash in Westford

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 31, 2021 | No Comments

A preliminary investigation suggests that the driver was traveling westbound on Groton Road when they drove into the victim, who was riding a bicycle in the opposite direction.

A PVTA electric bus on the Holyoke-Springfield P21E route recharges at Springfield Union Station in this August 2018 photo. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Pi.1415926535, licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.

PVTA to Debut Northampton-Springfield Express Route With Electric Buses

By Christian MilNeil | Mar 30, 2021 | No Comments

The Pioneer Valley will get a new express bus connecting Northampton, the Holyoke Mall, and downtown Springfield this summer. The the Pioneer Valley Transity Authority (PVTA) recently received a $487,000 grant from MassDOT to pilot a new Northampton-Holyoke-Springfield Express bus route. The pilot would provide hourly bus service, between Northampton, the Holyoke Mall, and Union […]