MBTA announces January service changes for Orange, Blue, Red lines, commuter rail

Crews will complete tunnel inspections, build bridges, and upgrade signal systems during the service suspensions, the MBTA ...

Final deadline looms for MBTA Communities zoning law compliance

Dozens of Massachusetts cities and towns are facing a final deadline to comply with a state law requiring zoning for more ...
Hoodline

MBTA Announces Service Changes on Multiple Lines in January for Inspections and Construction

MBTA announces January service changes due to inspections and construction, affecting the Orange, Blue, Red, and Commuter ...

Downed wires temporarily halt Boston Amtrak service

We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide updates as they become available," the railroad wrote shortly after 3 p.m ...

MPS Helps Two Massachusetts Cities Reduce Illegal Parking at Bus Stops ahead of MBTA Enforcement

As the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) prepares to step up enforcement of illegal parking in bus lanes and at bus stops, the cities of Somerville and Lynn have beaten it to the punch ...
Trains

MBTA narrows field of potential commuter rail operators to three

Three consortia have been shortlisted as the most qualified to submit proposals to operate the Massachusetts Bay ...
Dorchester Reporter

Dot bus routes rank with slowest of T’s fleet, say transit advocates

Four MBTA bus routes serving Dorchester are among the 10 slowest and the 10 most bunched in Greater Boston, according to a new analysis by the group TransitMatters.
GBH

‘Much, much better’: Disabled MBTA riders see a new T 20 years after suing for change

Plaintiffs took the Boston-area transit authority to court decades ago. Now, the MBTA has met nearly all of the settlement’s ...

Downed wires cause problems for Amtrak, Commuter Rail service into Boston

Downed wires caused problems for Amtrak and Commuter Rail service into Boston on Monday afternoon. All Amtrak service in and ...

MBTA has nearly met accessibility upgrades required in historic settlement: Here’s what’s different than when the T was sued

After 20 years of upgrades following the Daniels-Finegold settlement, the T has added 105 elevators and drastically reduced ...

MA: The Green Line gone dark: Peek underground as the MBTA replaces wooden beams from the 1890s

The wooden beams that ran along the ceilings of the MBTA’s Green Line tunnels were installed when the line was built in the late 1890s, a decade before the Ford Model T was ...