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The Daily Free Press

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Closed MBTA Green Line B-branch tracks and a shuttle bus that replaces train service between Babcock and North Station. The MTBA B, C and D lines will be suspended between Feb. 20 and March 8, making it the longest Green Line shutdown since September. BARRETT WALSH/DFP FILE

Get ready for the longest Green line shutdown since September

Megan Amato February 9, 2024
Grab your bicycles, charge your scooters or stretch your legs. Just don’t expect the T to come down Commonwealth Avenue from Feb. 20 to March 8. 
A green line train pulling into Kenmore station.

MBTA releases data on T slow zones as part of increased transparency efforts

Matthew Eadie March 1, 2023
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority published the T's “speed restrictions” in a report released Friday, making Boston the second city in the country, after Chicago, to have public data on its transit system's slow zones.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Improving the T isn’t just a want, it’s a need | EDITORIAL

Editors October 17, 2022
The T gets you where you need to go considerably on time and at a reasonable price — but our admiration for the system doesn’t mean we can’t ask for more. 
Bluebike, MBTA

Mayor Wu explains bike lane expansion as MBTA Orange Line nears return

Taylor Hawthorne September 15, 2022
As the MBTA is being fixed up, Michelle Wu announces bike lane expansion, hoping to use this as an opportunity to rebuild the transportation system.
Michelle Wu, MBTA low wage fare

Joint rally urges legislators to advance low-income fare system on the MBTA

Emilia Wisniewski April 27, 2022
Mayor Wu and two transportation coalitions rallied for a MBTA low-income fare program.
climate justice rally

Senate passes climate bill to advance net-zero efforts

Bella Ramirez April 21, 2022
The Massachusetts Senate passed a climate bill focusing on achieving net-zero carbon emissions goals by 2050.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Social Media Society: Cell phone stupor

Gabriela Romero March 20, 2022
Being in the moment is more valuable than anything you can find on social media. 
The Mobil gas station on Commonwealth Avenue. Gas prices continue rising across Massachusetts and Boston has seen prices rise slightly above the state average – at $4.38 per gallon on Mar. 14. – due, in part, to sanctions against Russia. PERRY SOSI/DFP STAFF

Gas prices soar in Massachusetts amid Russia-Ukraine war

Casey Choung March 18, 2022
Gas prices continue rising across Massachusetts, reaching an average high of $4.36 per gallon on March 11.
Michelle Wu smiling to supporters Nov. 2 following her mayoral victory. Since the mayoral election, Boston University students have expressed high expectations of Wu, who will officially take office Tuesday. SHANNON DAMIANO/ DFP FILE

BU students share strong expectations for Michelle Wu, celebrate win for minority representation in Boston

Talia Lissauer November 15, 2021

Boston’s mayor-elect Michelle Wu, who made history as the first woman and person of color to be elected to the position, will officially take office Tuesday, and students at Boston University expressed...

State representatives riding 55 bus

Riders protest MBTA line cuts on bus route 55

alexandradowd September 2, 2021
Bus route 55 riders protested shortened hours and removal of stops in a rally Sunday afternoon.
rev. mariana white-hammond speaks at a dorchester event march 2019

Local activist, community leader appointed Boston’s chief of environment

Greye Dunn April 26, 2021
Responsibilities include protecting Boston's climate, water, air, land and architectural resources.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

OP-ED: Environmental racism is a legacy of white supremacy

Editors April 6, 2021
BU, hen will you uphold your sustainability and anti-racist mission and divest from fossil fuels?
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