EvanTomorrow there is a virtual meeting and a chance to support ditching battery buses and request the trolley bus instead of the enroute charged garbage. That adds delays in service at stops to charge and the rapid charging will increase waste from all that rapid charging.
Universal HubState announces summer fare cuts for commuter rail
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/state-announces-summer-fare-cuts-commuter-rail
lkngrrr š³ļøāšš³ļøāā§ļøš“āā ļøImagine being the kind of shithead who has a speaker blasting shitty pop r&b on the #MBTA red line 01805 at DTX at 2:35pm.
The Red Line was rolling on its new Tremont Street extension tonight
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/red-line-was-rolling-its-new-tremont-street-extension-tonight
Tim McCormackAt first I was intrigued at the idea of rentable cargo bikes, and then I was annoyed because they're "reserving" public infrastructure.
...but it appears that they actually have an arrangement with the MBTA to do this! I do think there's a risk of using up limited bike parking spaces but it does seem like a neat program, so let's see how it goes.
Mx Rey (Fuck ICE) š š³ļøāā§ļøI saw an #MBTA Fare Inspector waiting for a bus at Malden Center!
I thought they were fictional
Six from New Hampshire charged with robbing, stomping man at Downtown Crossing Red Line stop on Sunday
https://www.universalhub.com/crime/2026/six-new-hampshire-charged-robbing-stomping-man-downtown-crossing
SnoopJokay after getting some clarification from the #MBTA project representatives, I believe the plan here is that access to the Northern Strand will involve new bike infrastructure along the BWSC property that will connect to the public path on the casino property
The slide they showed for clarification ("Alternative 1") had a two-way lane, so maybe it *is* intended to be a two-way lane after all, but the busway won't be two-lane?
I'm honestly a bit bamboozled by the presentation, will need to go over the slides.
But overall it sounds like it's going to be a win for transit and for cyclists in the area, *if* they don't introduce some new worse crossing to the cycling story
Edit: NOPE, I was just confused by the presentation slides. The two-way lane is in fact the concept that is being *explicitly* ruled out in this presentation š
Oh wow, a two-way bike lane along the busway is apparently the favored design concept for the Alford Street/Broadway corridor?
#Boston #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA #MBTA #Cycling #BikeTooter
