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Police are investigating a car crash involving a cruiser in Boston that also delayed the Green Line in Brighton.

A Boston police cruiser and a Tesla crashed Monday night, causing long delays on the Green Line’s B Branch because of a wrecked SUV on the train tracks. A police officer was hurt in the crash on Commonwealth Avenue near Washington Street, but the injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, according to the Boston Police Department. Video obtained by NBC10 Boston...

The same federal regulator who previously called out the MBTA for major safety lapses on Monday praised a “new era” at the agency after a year-long track repair campaign. Gov. Maura Healey, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng and a slew of deputies gathered to celebrate the elimination of the final slow zone on the subway system, clearing the way for…

There are no more slow zones across the entire T system after a huge push to complete the maintenance work under the Track Improvement Program.

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All the 226 slow zones across the MBTA subway network have now been removed.

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The MBTA will be entirely free of slow zones starting Saturday, with the agency’s Track Improvement Program coming to a close. ”We did the equivalent of 40 years of work in one year if we tried to do this on our normal overnights or day orders,” Phillip Eng, the T’s general manager. The Track Improvement Program started more than...

The MBTA said work on slow zones ends Friday night, meaning the whole system will be moving full speed ahead this weekend.

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Two years appear to have made a world of difference for the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. At this point in 2022, the DPU was in a harsh spotlight due to its work — or lack thereof — overseeing safety at the MBTA. Federal investigators concluded the DPU had been falling short on its responsibilities as the state agency responsible…

Riders on six MBTA bus routes will see an increase in service beginning this week.

Starting this week commuters who use certain MBTA buses will see more buses, more often. This is happening on six routes that run through a number of different communities in and around Boston. “Just gives me a little bit of wiggle room in planning the commute,” said one rider. Phase 1 of the MBTA’s much anticipated bus network redesign launched…

Changes have arrived at the MBTA. Monday is the first real test of their effort to redesign the T’s bus network. Here’s what you need to know.

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The T hopes to also make progress on its bus lines in addition to its subway network.

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It’s not just trains that the MBTA is trying to make faster — the agency also wants to make service on some of the most-traveled bus routes quicker, and Monday is the first real commuter test of the redesigned routes. The goal is to make the busses faster, more frequent and more reliable. It will be done over the course…

This project’s purpose is to improve efficiency and frequency on six bus routes in the areas of East Boston, Chelsea, Somerville, Everett, Malden,  Cambridge, Allston and Brighton.

Some new high tech tools for the T, including tap to pay and a new app, both rolled out in the last few months. Here’s a look at what riders could see next.

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If you take the T, you may have noticed some new high-tech tools during your travels. Riders can now wave a credit card, smartphone, or smartwatch to pay for a trip. It’s officially called, “Tap to Ride” and the MBTA says there have been 7 million taps in the first four months since it debuted. “We’re seeing a tremendous...

NBC10 Boston was the only station invited down inside the final track improvement project of 2024. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng showed us the work being done on the Green Line at Haymarket Station.

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NBC10 Boston was the only station invited down inside the final track improvement project of 2024. MBTA General Manager Phil Eng showed us the work being done on the Green Line at Haymarket Station.

At the end of this month, the MBTA plans to lift the final two slow zones across the system.

There’s a little bit more pain ahead before T riders can hopefully finally have a slow-zone free ride! Friday through December 20 MBTA Green Line service is suspended between Medford/Tufts through Park Street Station. There are replacement shuttles from Medford/Tufts through North Station, and then riders are encouraged to use the Orange Line between North Station and Park Street....