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Longtime TransitMatters Leader Announces Departure
The MBTA later embraced TransitMatters's idea with an official map of speed restrictions on its own website in early 2023, followed by an ambitious track improvement program to systematically ...
MassLive15d
Counting Boston’s homeless: Volunteers blanket city to help those sleeping in cold
An MBTA transit officer also stopped to see what ... One older woman named Stacy, known to the city official group, took joking offense when a volunteer asked if she could be pregnant.
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City Will Install Lighting to Dark Segments of the Community Path in East Somerville
The project area extends from the west side of the McGrath Highway overpass to Poplar Street in Brickbottom, near the base of the bridge that carries the path over the Green Line tracks (see map ...
MBTA to shrink some Red Line trains to retire older cars, improve service, officials say
Officials say as a shorter train car is approaching the station, a message will be broadcast to let riders know the train ...
7 myths about the MBTA Communities Act, debunked by experts
We asked for your questions about the controversial multi-family zoning law. Housing and zoning experts debunk common ...
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Keolis, MBTA seek bids for battery-electric trains on Fairmount Line in US
Scheduled to begin service in 2028, the initiative will introduce seven BEMU trainsets for the Fairmount Line.
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Map: Who is — and isn't — complying with the MBTA Communities Act?
Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...
T redoubles its efforts to reunite lost stuffed puppy with owner
The stuffed beagle is so fresh and so clean after getting a bath from a T official—but it’s still waiting on its family.
The Boston Globe6d
Derailed commuter train at South Station on Saturday leads to cascade of cancellations
Two inbound and four outbound trains on the Needham and Fairmount lines were cancelled starting around 2 p.m., according to the official MBTA Commuter Rail social media account. Six Amtrak trains ...
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MBTA collision highlights delay in Green Line safety system
Federal regulators first recommended an anti-collision system for the MBTA's Green Line in 2009 but Sunday's crash between two trolleys at East Somerville Station is a reminder that the system is ...
MassLive9d
Shrewsbury referendum fails to overturn MBTA Communities zoning
Shrewsbury voters upheld the town’s MBTA Communities zoning that was passed last year, keeping the town in compliance with state law. On Tuesday, the Central Massachusetts town was the second to ...
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Why Bourne has to comply with an MBTA law − and what it means for housing on Cape Cod
Voters in Bourne may be asked in 2025 to approve changes that would bring the town into full compliance with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Communities Act, according to Bourne ...