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Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, sided with the “no” campaign, winning 58-percent. Supporters worried about too much development, traffic and overcrowded schools. A “yes” vote would have meant roughly 3,300 new units of multi-family housing putting the town in compliance with the state’s MBTA communities law....

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday announced a plan to invest $8 billion in roads, bridges and the MBTA over the next 10 years, a plan she called “historic” and said will not rely on any tax increases. The plan will be filed as legislation as part of Healey’s 2026 budget proposal, taking recommendations from the Transportation Funding Task Force, which...

Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, rejected a plan that would have added re-zoned areas for new multifamily housing and bring the town into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. The special referendum failed by a vote of 6,904–4914, meaning nearly 60% of the town’s voters were opposed. The law has received heavy pushback over the past several months in several communities,...

Shuttle buses are replacing MBTA Orange Line service between Forest Hills and Jackson Square Friday afternoon after a report of smoke in the area of the tracks. Personnel are actively responding to the issue, which was reported near Green Street, the T said in a post on X, the platform formally known as Twitter. Riders should expect delays in the...

Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state’s attorney general has the power to enforce the MBTA Communities Law, which requires communities near MBTA services to zone for more multifamily housing, but it also ruled that existing guidelines aren’t enforceable....

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The state’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines are “unenforceable” because the Healey administration failed to roll them out properly. The lawsuit was originally brought by the attorney general after voters in Milton, one...

A maintenance vehicle derailed along the Red Line in Braintree, Massachusetts, resulting in shuttle buses temporarily replacing service during Friday’s morning commute, the MBTA announced. The derailment happened near JFK/UMass, the MBTA said just after 5 a.m. on social media. Shuttle buses were being used to replace service between there and Quincy Center. Riders were also told they could use...

The changes are being made due to the MBTA’s construction schedule for 2025, with most of the work taking place on weekends with limited weekday outages.

A Boston police cruiser and a Tesla crashed Monday night, causing long delays on the Green Line’s B Branch because of a wrecked SUV on the train tracks. A police officer was hurt in the crash on Commonwealth Avenue near Washington Street, but the injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, according to the Boston Police Department. Video obtained by NBC10 Boston shows...

The same federal regulator who previously called out the MBTA for major safety lapses on Monday praised a “new era” at the agency after a year-long track repair campaign. Gov. Maura Healey, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng and a slew of deputies gathered to celebrate the elimination of the final slow zone on the subway system, clearing the way for...

All the 226 slow zones across the MBTA subway network have now been removed.

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The MBTA will be entirely free of slow zones starting Saturday, with the agency’s Track Improvement Program coming to a close. ”We did the equivalent of 40 years of work in one year if we tried to do this on our normal overnights or day orders,” Phillip Eng, the T’s general manager. The Track Improvement Program started more than a...

Two years appear to have made a world of difference for the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. At this point in 2022, the DPU was in a harsh spotlight due to its work — or lack thereof — overseeing safety at the MBTA. Federal investigators concluded the DPU had been falling short on its responsibilities as the state agency responsible...

Starting this week commuters who use certain MBTA buses will see more buses, more often. This is happening on six routes that run through a number of different communities in and around Boston. “Just gives me a little bit of wiggle room in planning the commute,” said one rider. Phase 1 of the MBTA’s much anticipated bus network redesign launched...

The T hopes to also make progress on its bus lines in addition to its subway network.

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It’s not just trains that the MBTA is trying to make faster — the agency also wants to make service on some of the most-traveled bus routes quicker, and Monday is the first real commuter test of the redesigned routes. The goal is to make the busses faster, more frequent and more reliable. It will be done over the course...

This project’s purpose is to improve efficiency and frequency on six bus routes in the areas of East Boston, Chelsea, Somerville, Everett, Malden,  Cambridge, Allston and Brighton.

If you take the T, you may have noticed some new high-tech tools during your travels. Riders can now wave a credit card, smartphone, or smartwatch to pay for a trip. It’s officially called, “Tap to Ride” and the MBTA says there have been 7 million taps in the first four months since it debuted. “We’re seeing a tremendous amount...

NBC10 Boston was the only station invited down inside the final track improvement project of 2024. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng showed us the work being done on the Green Line at Haymarket Station.

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NBC10 Boston was the only station invited down inside the final track improvement project of 2024. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng showed us the work being done on the Green Line at Haymarket Station.