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The underground entrance of the Hynes Convention Center station. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is renovating the Hynes Convention Center station to make it more accessible for riders with disabilities and mobility challenges, and it is projected to be completed by fall 2025. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

MBTA continues ADA-compliant renovations at Hynes Convention Center station

Samantha Genzer September 24, 2024
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is renovating its station at Hynes Convention Center in a $45.7 million effort to make the station more accessible for people with disabilities and improve rider safety and experience.
symphony station

MBTA plans accessibility improvements to Green Line’s Symphony Station

Jesús Marrero Suárez March 5, 2021
Members of Green Line Transformation shared details of the station’s design at a virtual community meeting Wednesday, as the Symphony Station Accessibility Improvements project enters its final design phase.
Participants paint as part of MABWorks, a vocational program for people with developmental disabilities, has raised complaints of discrimination against the MBTA. PHOTO BY SHANNON LARSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MABWorks, disabled community calls for change within MBTA

Shannon Larson May 3, 2017

Robin Cripps suffered from traumatic injuries as a result of a car crash in 1994, landing her in a coma for approximately one month. When she left the hospital, her entire world had changed. Cripps...

The MBTA launched a new anti-sexual harassment campaign Thursday focused on getting riders to report harassment witnessed while riding the T. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA launches anti-sexual harassment campaign

Till Kaeslin November 6, 2016

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority launched on Wednesday the Movement for Access Safety and Survivors, an anti-sexual harassment campaign that promotes passenger safety and the reporting...

Connor Lenahan, a junior in the College of Communication, shares how he was charged $110.10 for a brief Uber ride Monday night due to SUV upcharges to accommodate his wheelchair. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Uber Boston partners with accessibility advocates

Kyler Sumter February 10, 2016

Uber Boston announced last week that it would partner with three accessibility advocates in Massachusetts to help better accommodate the disabled community, a press release stated last Wednesday. Uber...

RIDE program for MBTA may see decrease in cost for riders

Daily Free Press Admin December 2, 2013

More than a year after the fare for the RIDE, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s door-to-door transit service for elderly and disabled people, was raised, MBTA officials announced a potential...

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