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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.

OL May 2025 shutdown

MBTA

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

A bus drives up a long, straight city street lined with parked cars and 2-3 story buildignsat dusk.

109 bus on Broadway in Everett

Transit

Route Review: The New Frequent-Service 109 From Somerville to Everett

A rider boards an MBTA bus on Broadway in Everett.

MBTA Endorses A New Bus Rapid Transit Route Through Everett

A rendering of a bus rapid transit station with red-painted bus lanes in the center and large boarding platforms on either side. Signs on top of the canopies above the platform say "community college". On either side of the platform are crosswalks and multiple lanes for car traffic.

CommunityCollegeRutherfordAvenueBuswayStationConcept_creditITDP

Bus lanes

Boston’s Next Bus Rapid Transit Line Would Link Downtown, Sullivan Square Before the End of This Decade

Pedestrians walk along the narrow sidewalk on Maffa Way, an off-ramp from I-93 and the primary walking route between Sullivan Square Orange Line stop and East Somerville.

Maffa Way sidewalk in Sullivan Square, looking towards East Somerville

Advocacy Opportunities

MassDOT Bridge Replacements Could Upgrade Somerville’s Access to Sullivan Square

25% design plans for the Rutherford Avenue corridor, showing the reconfigured Sullivan Square. The current traffic circle would be replaced with a grid of streets, new developable lots, and an expansion of the Ryan Playground. Courtesy of MassDOT and the City of Boston.

Sullivan Square plans from the City of Boston’s Rutherford Ave. redesign

Bicycling

Boston, MassDOT Reveal Plans to Reconfigure Sullivan Square By 2026

Sullivan Square