Several Massachusetts towns have taken legal action against the state over the MBTA Communities Act, calling the multifamily housing law “an unfunded mandate” and questioning the law’s ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version contained an inaccuracy.) Aboard an MBTA commuter rail train from Fall River on its first day of service, General Manager Phil Eng told ...

Passengers wait to board the MBTA’s first South Coast Rail train in New Bedford, Mass., in a s screenshot from a WBZ-TV video. BOSTON — Massachusetts’ South Coast Rail commuter operation is now ...

Beyond provoking yet another admonition from federal regulators over unsafe working conditions, the sheer number of incidents helped earn the MBTA the dubious distinction of having the most ...

The MBTA’s East Taunton, Mass., station is one of six that will see commuter rail service for the first time on Monday, March 24, with the launch of South Coast Rail operations. MBTA BOSTON — The ...

It's official: South Coast Rail is on track to begin service on Monday, March 24. On Friday, the MBTA received final approval from the Federal Railroad Administration, according to an email from ...

(WJAR) — The MBTA is testing trains for the South Coast Rail on Thursday ahead of the start of services on Monday. For the first time in more than 60 years, people in Taunton, Fall River ...

Everyone knows the MBTA can be loud. Ever wonder exactly how loud? Try pin-your-ears-back rock concert loud. Or jackhammer, or chain saw loud. That’s what the Globe discovered at several of the ...

ROCKPORT — The number of citizen groups attempting to join forces in a lawsuit to fight the state’s MBTA Community Act, also known as the Section 3A housing law, is growing. A lawsuit ...

The Whale's Tooth parking lot in New Bedford will share space for both the MBTA and Seastreak ferry. The lot will have 150 spaces set aside for MBTA users only, with 570 for the ferry riders.