This is a good first step for transparency, and it also highlights the need for more stable MBTA funding.
Blue Line, Labs
The T fixed track-related slow zones on the Blue Line, resulting in 3 minutes of travel time savings (although still 2 minutes slower than February 2023). The T also suffers from operational issues at Wonderland during peak periods, hampering performance.
Bus
[The Pokey/Schleppie Awards] identifies the most unreliable routes and suggests bus priority infrastructure implementations, operations modernization, and policy and planning changes to create a better bus network for riders.
Public Comment
“I'm excited to see [the Low Income Fare] program increase access, change lives, and save riders and the Commonwealth money.”
Public Comment
“The lack of sustainable, long-term funding hurts the ability of public transit to operate, plan, or build efficiently. I hope that the recently announced task force will give us some of those options to fully fund public transit.”
