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Amid a change of ridership patterns as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is reminding customers of upcoming fall schedule changes to the Commuter Rail. The changes, which will take effect on Monday, Nov. 2, are to accommodate regular ridership while also adapting service to accommodate for things like people’s staggering work start times, the…

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has decreased next year’s fare revenue forecast by nearly a third, a sign of the extended economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The MBTA predicts that fare revenue will reach no more than 38% of pre-pandemic levels by June. That figure was previously 60%, The Boston Globe reported. According to a new model used by…

A person is in police custody after allegedly hurting another person in a fight involving a knife on an MBTA bus in Boston on Tuesday. The incident took place on a bus that was stopped in front of the Mass. Ave. station, according to an MBTA representative. One person pulled out a small pocket knife during the altercation another person….

New multi-year traffic and ridership models from MassDOT show morning rush hour on Massachusetts highways is unlikely to return to pre-COVID levels until at least 2024.

A Massachusetts boater was in a tough spot Sunday in Beverly. The boater had tried to pass under the Beverly drawbridge when the boat became wedged right underneath, slightly submerged in the water. The bridge carries the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Newburyport/Rockport Line over the Danvers River in Beverly and Salem. A Rockport train from North Station experienced some...

A preliminary inspection found no damage to the bridge after Sunday’s incident.

The MBTA is mulling some severe service cuts to lower its operating budget as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on ridership levels. The agency is considering eliminating weekend service on some or all Commuter Rail lines, halting Commuter Rail trains after 9 p.m. on weekdays, eliminating ferries, consolidating bus routes and trimming bus or train frequency to…

The MBTA is mulling some severe service cuts to lower its operating budget as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on ridership levels.

The full transformation of the Red and Orange Line fleets will be delayed by at least a year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and pre-existing manufacturing issues, MBTA officials announced Monday. Under its contract with Chinese manufacturer CRRC, the MBTA expected to have a fleet of new Orange Line cars delivered by January 2022 and a fleet of…

Massachusetts officials on Thursday hailed progress made on the long-awaited Green Line Extension, saying the $2.3 billion project was 50% complete and on track for completion by the end of 2021. During a press conference at Lechmere Station in Cambridge, Gov. Charlie Baker called the project “game changing” and said it would have a “major impact” by providing access to…

The project will extend the Green Line some 4.5 miles north along two branches, from Lechmere Station to Somerville’s Union Square and College Avenue in Medford.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday discussed operation of schools in Massachusetts as his administration pushes some lower-risk communities to submit plans to return to in-person learning.

The MBTA may seek to trim its spending on bus, train and ferry service by up to a quarter of a billion dollars over the next year-plus to help close a massive budget gap caused by a sharp plummet in ridership, according to projections that staff presented Monday. T officials and the Fiscal and Management Control Board that oversees the…

The person who died after getting struck by a vehicle at a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus yard has been identified as a “dedicated and hardworking” employee who had worked for the agency for nearly two decades. Bernadin Etienne, 62, died at the hospital shortly after he was struck by a bus at facility in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood at about…

An MBTA bus driver was killed Monday morning in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, the transportation agency announced.

An MBTA bus driver has died following an incident at a bus yard in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood Monday morning, the agency said. MBTA general manager Steve Poftak said that the employee died in a “terrible tragedy,” representing a “great loss within the MBTA family,” during a press conference Monday. The employee was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and later...

MBTA officials are beginning to envision a post-COVID-19 public transit system — one that may include changes to services given a possible looming budget gap. The main problem is ridership, which plunged at the beginning of the pandemic as riders fled the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system in fear of being exposed to the coronavirus. Since then, ridership has ticked…

Amid the coronavirus pandemic and a possible looming budget gap, the MBTA may be considering service cuts.

With more people working from home during the pandemic and the number of people using the T down – the MBTA is now considering making cuts.

The MBTA announced Tuesday that improvements to the Green Line have been completed.