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Neil Zolot / medford@wickedlocal.com City officials will be asking the MBTA to reinstate bus route 710, which gives Fulton Heights residents transportation to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Wellington Station and stores at Wellington Circle Fellsway Plaza and the Meadow Glen Mall. “There’s no reason that route shouldn’t be maintained; it’s the only option people in the Heights have,” said City Council President Richard Caraviello, who put the item on the agenda for the meeting Tuesday, M...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Deal to help fish threatened by federal agencies Water releases designed to benefit the critical outmigration of juvenile salmon on the Stanislaus River as well as assist farms and communities along the west side of the San Joaquin Valley already starting to suffer the effects of two consecutive dry years is languishing in the fede...

MBTA, MassDOT launch study to extend Somerville service Community Content The MBTA and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation recently announced the launch of the Silver Line Extension Alternatives Analysis to assess the feasibility, utility, and cost of various alignment and service frequency options for extending Silver Line service to Everett, Somerville, Cambridge and Boston. “We’re excited to collaborate with MassDOT on this analysis of Silver Line service,” said MBTA General...

Community Content WILMINGTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority announced that the Federal Highway Administration, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration, has awarded $1 million to the MBTA for improvements to North Wilmington Station on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line. The $1 million grant will be used to relocate and reconstruct the existing Commuter Rail station platform along an area of single track adjacent to Route 62....

Though long-awaited, the study to examine an extension of the Silver Line from Chelsea to Everett – and on into Charlestown, Somerville and Cambridge – has kicked off and will make final recommendations within 18 months. “We’re excited to collaborate with MassDOT on this analysis of Silver Line service,” said MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak. “Studying the extension of the Silver Line to Everett and beyond is a key objective of Focus40 and an important step in improving service to ...

MassDOT, MBTA, Malden announces Florence Street project completion Community Content The state Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the city of Malden announced the completion of a series of quick-build multimodal roadway treatments along Florence Street in Malden, including shared bus-bicycle lanes, bicycle lanes and improved pedestrian crossings to enhance access to the MBTA Orange Line’s Malden Center Station and the surrounding downtown area. ...

Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction They Want To Push Us Out: Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction As New Rail Stops Drive Rent Increases The Blue Hill Avenue MBTA stop opened in 2019, the last of four new stops created along the Fairmount Line. Jenifer McKim / GBH News Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction Annie Gordon lives in a two-bedroom apartment several hundred feet from the Fairmount Line commuter rail that used to pass by her Mattapan neighborhood without stopping. The 69-year-old retiree says she was ...