A trio of MBTA bus routes in Boston will continue to operate without charging fares for another two years thanks to an investment of more than $8 million from the city, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday.
Gov. Maura Healey’s top transportation official is stepping down in two weeks, being replaced on a temporary basis by her deputy.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined transit activists on Monday to call for additional federal intervention to help reverse service cuts at the MBTA as the region waits to see what other changes safety investigators will mandate.
On the same day that one head of the state legislature’s Transportation Committee said decision-makers have no choice but to “do something dramatic” to fix the MBTA, two leading transit advocates criticized his suggestion that the transit agency be folded into the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
If passed, President Joe Biden’s new, proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package could help jump-start a handful of long-sought transit projects in Massachusetts but it won’t transform the state overnight, advocates say.
