Nordblom Co. is hoping to wow potential “new economy” with their reimagining of the former Boston Globe headquarters in Dorchester into a mix of 300,000 square feet of office space and 300,000 square feet of flex/light industrial space.
While many MBTA riders will likely throw their phone, computer or newspaper across the room when they read this, may this publication suggest June’s Red Line derailment was just the lucky break the state needed?
Three and a half months after a Red Line train veered off the rails, dealt significant damage to signal infrastructure and incurred millions in costs, the MBTA announced Wednesday that full service has resumed across the entire network.
A survey of Boston-area biotech workers shows almost two-thirds say they would change jobs to get a better commute and four out of five think state leaders are asleep at the switch on transportation.
There will be so many studies done on the Red-Blue Connector it’s going to be a paper train, literally.
A 27-year-old axle on a Red Line car fractured and caused a June 11 derailment, MBTA officials announced Monday, offering a clearer picture of the problem that has led to months of delays and headaches on a train line that transports hundreds of thousands of commuters.
You can get a tattoo, a vaping rig, a comic book action figure and a $3 slice of pizza all in a short stroll through Somerville’s Davis Square, a neighborhood that’s balanced gentrification with a defiant indie sensibility. Now big institutional real estate investors are discovering the square, eyeing opportunities to build dorm-style housing and shake up stagnant retail tenant rosters.
MBTA officials have received laboratory test results that they believe will help identify the cause of a June 11 Red Line derailment, but do not plan to make the findings public until later this month, despite previously saying they expected an answer by now.
Data from the MBTA has backed up what many might see as a common sense prediction: the slow, unreliable service on the Red Line since its June derailment has suppressed ridership and sent customer satisfaction levels into the cellar.
A Baker administration bill seeking $50 million for short-term MBTA improvements is not necessary for an accelerated-repair plan this fall, but the money could speed up the work or advance similar projects in the future, the T’s top official said.
Transit officials say it will likely be October before all repairs are completed to signals that were damaged when a Red Line train derailed in Boston.
Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing a new program, capped at $50 million per year, that would give employers a a $2,000-per-employee tax credit if they let workers telecommute and therefore avoid traveling on already-clogged roads during rush hour.
Ridership on the MBTA’s Red Line dropped by about 10 percent in the week following a derailment in June that destroyed key signal equipment at the JFK/UMass station.
State Street Corp.’s recent decision to sublease two of its four Quincy office buildings totaling nearly 390,000 square feet shakes up a suburban submarket that’s been the heart of the financial service provider’s back office presence in Massachusetts. Will new projects Dorchester draw away tenants?
In the wake of a June 12 derailment that destroyed a key signal system at the Red Line’s JFK/UMass stop, the MBTA has been forced to revert to 19th century methods of controlling trains, causing a slowdown along the entire line.
The recent opening of the Treadmark development represents a major milestone in the continued transformation of Boston’s Ashmont/Peabody Square, an effort that has been in the works since the late 1990s.
In the 13 days since a Red Line train with 60 aboard derailed in Dorchester, MBTA officials have been hesitant to offer an exact estimate of when full service would be restored, citing the complexities of repairing signal infrastructure wiped out by the careening six-car set.
Fallout from last week’s Red Line derailment can now include a new push to change the MBTA’s governance structure.
Five days after a train derailed while approaching JFK-UMass station on the Red Line, the MBTA on Sunday said it has resumed seamless service to Quincy and Braintree stops but asked customers to build an extra 20 minutes into their planned travel times as they begin another work week.
Gov. Charlie Baker’s and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s responses to the pair of MBTA derailments last week suggest both men still lack adequate plans to deal with the system’s biggest challenges.
