Trains powered by electricity rather than diesel fuel are not scheduled to begin rolling on the Fairmount Line for years, but public officials are so excited about the now-concrete plans for more frequent service with less pollution that they gathered in the hot sun Tuesday morning to celebrate an achievement that likely won’t be attained until 2028.
The T recently hit several milestones in turning its commuter rail network into a tool to unlock new development sites. But the real estate community should keep an eye out for three
After years of advocates’ lobbying and promises by former MBTA leaders, the T is set to get its first electrified commuter rail line, serving Boston’s Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park neighborhoods.
Fairmount Line passengers will have access to eight more trips per weekday and will be able to tap CharlieCards to board core stations starting this spring under a new pilot program.
The city delegation has long pushed for better connectivity between Boston and the North Shore, lamenting the congested highways and tunnels many residents endure to get to work.
A Charlestown developer is betting that nine-minute commutes to South Station will be a selling point for a proposed 26-unit condominium project in Uphams Corner.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called Wednesday for the MBTA to invest about $9 million in running Red Line and commuter rail trains more frequently, slamming the system – wracked with ongoing delays after a derailment last month – as “not currently a functional service” for much of the city.
While much of the new multifamily and mixed-use construction in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood has been dominated by community development corporations in recent years, a growing number of market-rate developers are eying the area as land and construction costs put higher-profile neighborhoods off-limits.
A partnership between developer Traggorth Cos. and Southwest Boston Community Development Corp. is bringing affordable housing to a transit-oriented site in Hyde Park.
