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A look at the CapeFLYER. via MassDOT

Cape Flyer service between Boston and Cape Cod starts Friday

CapeFLYER, a summer rail service from Boston to Cape Cod, begins service Friday.

Posted in Lifestyle, Local, News, Travel
Tagged Boston, Cape Cod, cape lfyer, congestiont, MassDOT, MBTA, Morgan Rousseau, traffic, train, transportation | Reply
MassDOT plans to stop collecting cash tolls on the Tobin Bridge, starting in 2014. Credit: Brent Danley/Flickr

No more cash tolls on Tobin Bridge next year

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced plans to eliminate cash tolls on the Tobin Bridge and collect the money electronically instead.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged automation, Boston, MassDOT, North Shore, tobin bridge, toll takers, tolls, transportation | Reply
A closer image of the suspect. Via TPD

PHOTOS: MBTA officials seek alleged T toucher

  Transit Police are looking for help identifying a man who allegedly assaulted a woman on a Green Line C [...]

Posted in Local, News
Tagged assault, Boston, crime, Green Line, identify, MBTA, photos, surveillance, transportation | Reply
Daniel Merrill was formerly wanted for allegedly holding up a bank. Photo via TPD.

Man formerly on Mass. Most Wanted list nabbed for MBTA drug deal

A Somerville man who was previously on the state’s Most Wanted list was arrested Friday night for allegedly buying heroin at JFK/UMass MBTA station.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged bank robbery, Boston, crime, heroin, JFK/UMass, MBTA, Most Wanted list, somerville, TPD, Transit Police, transportation | Reply
bicycle man on bike red light

Group names Cambridge, Newton bicycle-friendly communities

A national cycling organization has named Cambridge and Newton among the most bicycle-friendly communities in the country.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged bicycle friendly community, bicycling, biking, cambridge, league of american bicyclists, newton, transportation | Reply
(matthrono/Flickr)

MBTA: Commuter rail on time 97 percent of the time

The MBTA commuter rail has never been more punctual, according to figures released Thursday.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, commuter rail, MBCR, MBTA, transportation | Reply
bicycle man on bike red light

Bay State Bike Week: Massachusetts encourages cycling

Bay State Bike Week kicks off Saturday and runs through May 19, celebrating bicycle transportation by encouraging Massachusetts residents to ditch the car and hop on their bicycles.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged bicycles, Bike Week, bikes, cyclists, Massachusetts, transportation | Reply
MBTA Trolley. PHOTO: MBTA

MBTA passenger, driver turn in cash-filled envelope

MBTA officials are trying to reunite an unlucky T rider with a lost wad of cash.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Belmont, cash, envelope, good Samaritan, Harvard, Lost and Found, MBTA, money, transportation, trolley | Reply
The scene from an MBTA bus vs. pedestrian accident today. PHOTO: NICOLAUS CZARNECKI/METRO

Pedestrian struck by MBTA bus on Arlington Street

A person was hurt today when he was struck by an MBTA bus on Arlington Street near Boylston Street.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged accident, Arlington Street, boylston street, bus, MBTA, pedestrian, struck, transportation | Reply
Mahir Prakh won today's Rush Hour Race - he zipped from Davis Square to Dewey Square in just 25 minutes thanks to the MBTA. PHOTO: LIVABLE STREETS ALLIANCE

MBTA rider wins Boston’s Rush Hour Race

A driver, a bicyclist, a T rider, a runner, and an in-line skater were expected to race from Davis Square to Dewey Square during today’s morning rush hour.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Boston, MBTA, rush hour, Rush Hour Race, transportation | Reply
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