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People board a train in Kenmore Station. On Monday, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority resumed front-door boarding and fare collection for buses, street-level Green Line stops and the Mattapan line. BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE

MBTA resumes front-door boarding and fare collection

Allison Pirog July 26, 2020
Despite concerns for safety, the MBTA resumed front-door boarding and fare collection.
A person walks past a Green Line train departing Saint Paul Street station. The MBTA announced plans Monday to consolidate four Green Line B Branch stops along Commonwealth Avenue. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

Plan to consolidate Comm Ave. T stops gets approval

Vanessa Kjeldsen March 25, 2020
Four T stations on the Green Line's B Branch are set to become two by 2021.
Bird and Lime scooters parked on a sidewalk in Brookline. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

E-scooters in Brookline, 1 month in

Natalie Patrick May 2, 2019
It’s been a month since the electric scooter companies Bird and Lime brought their dockless rental vehicles to streets of Brookline for a pilot program.
A bus on Brookline Avenue in Boston. Mayor Martin Walsh unveiled a $5 million plan to improve the City’s transportation system. PHOTO BY MAGGIE LEONE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh administration to increase parking fines, implement transportation infrastructure

Michal Shvimer April 5, 2018
The City of Boston has not raised its parking ticket fines in 10 years — until now. Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Monday that he will allocate $5 million to improve infrastructure in the city as part of a new transportation plan for the upcoming fiscal year.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials reported Wednesday on the MBTA winter resiliency plan at the MBTA emergency training center in South Boston. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DFP FILE PHOTO

MBTA better prepares for winter season

Carolyn Hoffman December 7, 2015

To better communicate the resources for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with the public, the MBTA announced Tuesday the launch of its Winter Happens awareness campaign for the coming snowy...

Jeffrey Rosenblum, cofounder of Livable Streets, speaks to a crowd about BU Bikes in the Jacob Sleeper Auditorium at Boston University on Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY KYRA LOUIE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Bike advocates, city officials talk about Comm. Ave construction plans

Steve Friedman December 10, 2014

The Boston University student-run group BU Bikes hosted a public meeting Tuesday in Jacob Sleeper Auditorium, bringing advocacy groups and Deputy Commissioner James Gillooly of the Boston Transportation...

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