Glass panels fall on their own at Alewife T station, sign of aging closing an entrance during repairs
The closing of the Russell Field side of the Alewife red line T stop wasn’t due to vandalism, but to a dramatic example of wear and tear at the aging station, the MBTA says.
Plan for a bus network redesign raises concerns over removal of three routes in East Cambridge
Changes to three East Cambridge bus routes serving lower-income people and seniors are adding to concerns over a wholesale redesign of the MBTA bus system.
In Kendall and Davis squares, T tokens ride again, this time as trade-ins for meals at Life Alive cafes
Those old MBTA tokens you thought were worthless are spiking in value – briefly. Once worth one bus or subway ride, or about $1.25, for a week starting June 28 and again in August, they’re worth a meal at new Life Alive restaurants in Kendall Square and Somerville’s Davis Square, or about $11.
Causes of MBTA service cuts reach back decades, and the solution isn’t necessarily more funding
Safety concerns from federal inspectors caused the MBTA to announce on Friday that weekday subway service on the red, orange and blue Lines would be cut dramatically, and run on a weekend schedule. But the MBTA story is worse than that.
Attend meetings on appointing a city manager, easing the opioid crisis and changed bus routes
Public meetings this week look at the city manager finalists – and appointing one of them – as well as micro-studio apartments for Central Square, easing the opioid crisis, a regional bus network redesign and two multi-use path projects in the western half of the city.
High-frequency bus routes and Central terminal are in MBTA plans, but redesign may have flaws
A revamp of the region’s bus network proposed by the MBTA would alter Cambridge’s transportation routes dramatically, and city leaders are unsure of the consequences.
After shrugging off transit order by City Council, DePasquale says maybe ‘new manager’ will do it
The departure of City Manager Louis A. DePasquale is less than two months away, and he has begun to kick things down the road to his unknown replacement.
MBTA says it’ll take down trolley wires in July within Porter Square, easing a bike lane project
Porter Square trolley wires restricting street design will be gone in July, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui told city councillors Monday, citing a letter received from the MBTA. It means skipping an interim step of replacing metered parking with short-term loading zones, providing less confusion to drivers and more certainty to businesses.
Attend meetings honoring RSTA’s Mike Ananis, single-family zoning, linkage fees, labs and more
Public meetings this week look at bike lanes through Porter Square, honoring the RSTA program’s Michael Ananis, ending single-family-home zoning and a real estate “linkage” fee leap, a plan for sidewalk and street work and MBTA news, putting labs in neighborhoods, school district budgeting and more.
City will miss cycling safety law’s May 1 deadline on changes to traffic through Porter Square area
The city will miss its May 1 deadline to install quick-build separated bicycle lanes on Massachusetts Avenue through Porter Square, the city manager will tell the City Council on Monday.
