The city plans to spend $8.4 million over the next two years to reimburse the MBTA for the cost of extending its fare-free bus pilot for the three “highest-ridership” routes in Boston, the mayor’s office announced Tuesday.
MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng said he welcomes discussions about re-casting the Red Line tunnel cap as an extension of the existing tunnel cap pathway from Melville Avenue to Shawmut Station and down to Centre Street. “The MBTA welcomes ideas that explore the use of the T’s existing transit assets to improve the quality of life in the communities served by the MBTA,” Eng
State and MBTA officials celebrated the December opening of a temporary commuter rail platform in Lynn, which had been without direct service for over a year.
MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng visited Savin Hill’s Cristo Rey School last Thursday for an open house focused on upcoming track work on the Red Line that he says will eventually eliminate the 53 existing “slow zones” that remain a frustration for customers and T employees. The work is modeled on a successful “surge” last October that targeted the line’s leg between Mattapan