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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined U.S. Senator Ed Markey and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Monday afternoon for a press conference in Ruggles Station, providing updates on the city’s fare-free transportation program and announcing the reintroduction of federal legislation to make more public transit free.  Boston’s fare-free bus pilot program allows people to travel along bus routes...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley in support of the Freedom to Move Act, which would allocate $25 billion over five years...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Local elected leaders have launched a new push for public transportation at no cost to riders across the country as they re-introduce...

Local buses, operated by MeVa Transit, have been free to passengers for more than a year and U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey wants to make the temporary pandemic-era program permanent. Markey, a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said they reintroduced the Freedom to Move Act Monday that […]

The 1 bus, which runs from Harvard Square in Cambridge to Nubian Square in Roxbury, is among the MBTA’s most popular routes.

Members of the state's Congressional delegation relaunched a push Monday to roll out $25 billion in federal dollars to implement fare-free public transit options across the country. 

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Markey and Pressley announced Monday the "Freedom to Move Act," a federal proposal that would provide billions in fare-free grants.