Mattapan
Mattapan, MA · Traffic & Transit
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Inside Boston's Forgotten Subway Tunnel, Rusted Tracks and Cold War Crackers
Beneath the streets of Boston sits a tunnel that hasn't carried a passenger since the 1960s, but still holds the rusted tracks, ventilation fans and switch box from when it helped launch the nation's first subway system. NBC10 Boston went inside the forgotten passage, part of the historic Tremont Street Subway, and found it frozen in time, down to stacked civil-defense ration cans left over from the Cold War.
WBUR
The MBTA is closing a big chunk of the Green Line again for 9 days — and shuttering one stop forever
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MBTA Fare Evasion Crackdown Results in Three Citations as Losses Reach $25M to $30M a Year
Facing fare evasion losses of $25 million to $30 million per year, the MBTA decided to crack down on people getting free rides on the Green Line. Last September, the T began instituting a fare enforcement initiative. Fare enforcement representatives, wearing blue shirts, khaki pants, and MBTA caps, would no longer warn passengers who evade fares; they would start issuing citations and fines.
Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Boston Residents Fume As Mayor Wu Fails to Deliver Promised Traffic-Calming to Neighborhood Streets
A city engineer warned, in a 2025 internal email message, that the mayor's abrupt turn against speed hump installations would put the public's safety at risk: "We know there will be excessive speeding... This decision has caused an incredible amount of internal conflict for me, I don't think it's the right choice."
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nbcboston.com
MBTA chief to skip Boston City Council meeting on Blue Hill Ave. revamp despite summons
MBTA General manager Phil Eng will reportedly be skipping an important meeting Friday even after the Boston City Council issued him a summons over the controversial Blue Hill Ave. bus lane project. There's been a back and forth between some council members and the T's general manager, but NBC10 Boston...
Boston
‘A broken and failed system’: Parents and city councilors admonish Boston Public Schools for bus issues
Boston Public Schools fined bus contractor Transdev $10,500 for blown trips, adding to more than $400,000 in fines assessed last school year. Parents at a Boston City Council education committee hearing began to grow restless and murmur to one another just after 3 p.m. Monday. One parent’s child didn’t get...
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Boston's Speed Hump Promise Stalls Out, Leaving Neighbors to Dodge Cut-Through Traffic
Boston set a goal of expanding traffic calming on neighborhood streets, but residents in Jamaica Plain and the South End say they still lack clear answers about when their streets will be considered. On Allendale Street, a wooded 25 mph road on the Brookline–Jamaica Plain border, the city installed speed humps and later removed them at Mayor Michelle Wu’s direction.
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Boston's $2.40 T Ride Ranked Cheapest Subway Fare in the Nation
Boston's subway fare just earned a distinction that has nothing to do with how often the trains run on time: the MBTA is now ranked the most affordable metro system for local riders anywhere in the United States. A $2.40 single ticket on the T works out to just 1.21% of Boston's average daily wage of $198, according to new global research comparing transit costs to local incomes.
Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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coastalabc.com
Rhode Island Current
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Dianna Carney
You're Invited: Public Hearing on Two Proposed Railroad Crossings in Bourne
Barnstable County leaders will hold a public hearing to consider a state request for two new public railroad crossings in Bourne, Massachusetts, a proposal tied to the Sagamore Bridge replacement project, according to the Barnstable County Government.
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Cape Cod Chronicle
reverejournal.com
Council vote clears way for traffic light at new Overlook Ridge intersection
The creation of new traffic patterns at the Overlook Ridge development on the Revere-Malden line have been decades in the making. Last week, the Revere City Council approved the proposed layout of a parcel of Overlook Ridge Drive that will allow developers to move the entrance of the development on Overlook Ridge Drive at Salem Street. The new entrance would also include a new traffic signal at the drive and Salem Street. In addition, developers stated that the current entrance would be closed off, with a portion of the parcel used for commercial development.