MBTA hopes to speed up Red and Orange line trains "within days"
The MBTA wants to bring the Red and Orange lines up to the speeds they were designed for and one official said it could ...
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MBTA looking to reunite stuffed animal with its owner
The MBTA is seeking to reunite a lost stuffed animal with its owner."Can you help me find my family? Red Line staff safely rescued me from the tracks at Park Street station and I'm trying to find ...
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MBTA chief: South Coast Rail testing is over. These are the project's 'final steps'
MBTA has completed its testing and submitted plans to the federal government. Now the Federal Railroad Administration must approve the MBTA's plans. The FRA is due to get a new administrator, with ...
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Boston, MBTA plan to take traffic signal system change citywide
Boston and MBTA officials are making a change to how traffic signals work across the city, implementing a system that's intended to significantly reduce delays for bus transportation. Transit ...
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Wasting time sitting at red lights on the bus? New traffic system to change that in Boston
The MBTA and the City of Boston just announced a ... and great strides are being made, especially when it comes to trips being taken on public transit,” Transportation Secretary and CEO Monica ...
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Map: Who is — and isn't — complying with the MBTA Communities Act?
Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...
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Red Line branch’s maximum speed increasing to 50 mph, MBTA says
The Red Line’s Braintree branch will soon increase its speed from 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour where feasible, the MBTA announced Monday. The Red Line branch’s speed restorations are ...
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SJC rules MBTA zoning law can stand, but orders state to redo guidelines
Towns and cities do not have the ability to opt themselves out of the state’s MBTA zoning law ... and expressed hope for future clarity. “The state has been withholding money from Milton ...
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MBTA Communities Act: Needham turns down controversial zoning plan
Needham residents voted Tuesday to repeal zoning that would have made the Greater Boston town compliant with the MBTA Communities ... because voters know that the future of our commonwealth ...
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New MBTA zoning regs give noncompliant towns more time
The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law last week, but said it was “ineffective” until the governor’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable ...
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MBTA towns not following controversial housing law get another 6 months, but must act fast
The MBTA Communities Law requires all cities and towns that voted to join the MBTA to have an overlay district where multi-family housing is allowed by right; depending on the community ...
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MBTA zoning rules stand, the high court ruled. What now for rebellious towns?
The town’s planning board, select board and town counsel will decide if any changes are made to its MBTA zoning proposal before then, said Hanover Town Manager Joe Colangelo. Marshfield ...