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The Daily Free Press

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Haymarket station MBTA closed

Orange Line shutdowns inconvenience some students as the semester begins

Claire Law September 9, 2022
The month-long shut down of the Orange Line began Aug. 19.
On Tuesday, Boston University Parking and Transportation announced in an email that parking garages on campus will be equipped with license plate-reading technology to provide students and faculty more flexibility than previous parking permits. VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DFP FILE

BU introduces license plate-reading technology for easier entry to parking garages

Jane Avery August 6, 2020
After the technology goes live on Monday, cameras will allow those with permits to access garages, and people entering the garages will no longer need to display the permit formerly required.
Two green line trains at the Blandford Street stop on Commonwealth Avenue. Boston University subsidizes half of the costs of monthly MBTA passes for its employees. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Amid Boston’s traffic crisis, BU policy encourages other modes of transportation

Mia Khatib December 5, 2019
Public transit is the most common commuting method for Boston University employees, BU officials said.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation begins building Boston’s first protected bike lane along Commonwealth Avenue. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston builds first protected bike lanes on BU’s campus

Hannah Rogers November 16, 2017

Boston University’s bikers will get their own protected bike lanes to ride in by 2019 once the City of Boston finishes a roadway development project, which began earlier this year. This is Boston’s...

Sept. 5 marks the first day that the new daytime shuttle bus makes its rounds on the Comm. Ave. Loop on Boston University’s campus. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU BUS introduces new route, upgrades

Andres Picon September 7, 2017

Boston University Parking and Transportation Services added a new shuttle bus to complement the already existing fleet of BU Shuttles last week, BU spokesperson Colin Riley said. This shuttle will...

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