Melrose Mayor Appointed As MBTA Committee Leader
Mayor Jen Grigoraitis has been appointed as the newest Co-Chair of the MBTA Advisory Board’s Rapid Transit and Bus Committee.
Tell us: What questions do you have about the MBTA Communities Act?
With just a week until formerly noncompliant MBTA Communities submit action plans to the state, we want to know what ...
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MBTA Act back on the table
With the Supreme Judicial Court having upheld the MBTA Communities Act, the Planning Board is trying to decide what the next steps are. Planning Board Chairwoman Kristin Rappe noted the SJC also ruled ...
MBTA says it contacted federal authorities over alleged misconduct at Cabot Yard. One expert called the move ‘unusual.’
In a step that could ratchet up scrutiny of the MBTA, Transit Police contacted federal authorities about activity at the T’s ...
The Swellesley Report2d
Wellesley Square train station’s accessible platforms almost ready
The MBTA has nearly completed work on accessible mini-high platforms on the inbound and outbound sides of the Wellesley ...
Railway Age14d
MBTA Approves $54MM Plan to Introduce BEMUs on Fairmount Commuter Rail Line (UPDATED, 1/24)
submitted an innovation proposal to the MBTA in December 2023 with a plan to introduce BEMUs onto the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line—the shortest of the Commuter Rail lines with nine stations. These ...
ZDNet15d
The best laptop docking stations you can buy: Expert tested
'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources ...
Time Out17d
Full list of the 47 train stations near London getting contactless payments – including Stansted Airport and commuter towns
The government announced that it would be bringing the technology to 47 stations in the southeast of England back in September, and while the roll-out was delayed following a cyberattack on TfL ...
Boston Herald22d
MBTA Communities Act: Needham turns down controversial zoning plan
Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan ... areas near the town’s commuter rail stations. The plan received Town Meeting ...
Mass Transit22d
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
The report was released by the MassDOT OIG and reveals MBTA achieved only one of the expected four benefits of privatizing call center services due to poor contract ...
Boston.com22d
What’s next for Needham after MBTA Communities vote?
Voters in Needham Tuesday repealed state-mandated zoning that would have paved the way for more housing, sending town leaders back to square one to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.
The Lowell Sun22d
New MBTA zoning regs give noncompliant towns more time
The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional ... host to rapid transit service (deadline of Dec. 31, 2023), host to commuter rail service (deadline of Dec ...