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MBTA REVISES ITS BUS NETWORK DESIGN

Abundant public comments lead to substantial changes in future Somerville routes (Somerville Wire) – After receiving more than 20,000 comments on its plan to reorganize its bus routes, the MBTA announced a revised plan last week. The new version of the map makes changes to more than half the routes announced in its initial proposal […]

OPINION: TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T

People are furious at the state of the MBTA: the fatality, the fire, the explosion, the derailments, the injuries, the delays, the actual and proposed cuts in service, the month-long closure of the Orange and Green Line. In 2009, two reports looked at Gov. Cellucci’s 1999 Forward Funding plan, which was developed with his Administration and Finance […]

SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 23, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Bus or Billboard? Union Square, Somerville, Mass., August 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

Getting Around During the MBTA Shutdown …  and More! Article PARTS AND CRAFTS MOVES TO BOYNTON YARDS Kids’ makerspace gets cool new digs thanks to community benefits   Shorts How Are You Getting Around? In case you haven’t heard, the MBTA has suspended service on the entire Orange Line and part of the Green Line […]

HOW DOES THE FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM AT THE GLX WORK?

Photo by Shira Laucharoen Pols raise concerns about the temporary design at the new stations (Somerville Wire) – If you are looking to board the GLX at the new Union Square and Lechmere stations, you will find that there are no turnstiles to pass through. This is because the MBTA is temporarily implementing a different […]