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Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, sided with the “no” campaign, winning 58-percent. Supporters worried about too much development, traffic and overcrowded schools. A “yes” vote would have meant roughly 3,300 new units of multi-family housing putting the town in compliance with the state’s MBTA communities law....

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The “No” campaign opposing a plan to bring Needham into compliance with Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities Act was victorious in a special referendum Tuesday.

The town of Needham voted Tuesday on a special referendum over whether to re-zone the town for 3,000 more units of housing under Massachusetts’ MBTA Communities law.

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Massachusetts will invest $8 billion into new roads and regional transit under a new plan announced by Gov. Maura Healey that she says won’t raise taxes.

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Back in October, voters in Needham approved a plan that put them in compliance with the housing law by allowing for nearly 3,300 units of multifamily housing to be built on the town’s main commercial strip. But a group opposing the measure gathered enough signatures needed to trigger Tuesday’s referendum....

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday announced a plan to invest $8 billion in roads, bridges and the MBTA over the next 10 years, a plan she called “historic” and said will not rely on any tax increases. The plan will be filed as legislation as part of Healey’s 2026 budget proposal, taking recommendations from the Transportation Funding Task Force, which…

Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, rejected a plan that would have added re-zoned areas for new multifamily housing and bring the town into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. The special referendum failed by a vote of 6,904–4914, meaning nearly 60% of the town’s voters were opposed. The law has received heavy pushback over the past several months in several communities,…

Shuttle buses are replacing MBTA Orange Line service between Forest Hills and Jackson Square Friday afternoon after a report of smoke in the area of the tracks. Personnel are actively responding to the issue, which was reported near Green Street, the T said in a post on X, the platform formally known as Twitter. Riders should expect delays in the…

Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state’s attorney general has the power to enforce the MBTA Communities Law, which requires communities near MBTA services to zone for more multifamily housing, but it also ruled that existing guidelines aren’t enforceable....

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The state’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines are “unenforceable” because the Healey administration failed to roll them out properly....

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The state’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines are “unenforceable” because the Healey administration failed to roll them out properly. The lawsuit was originally brought by the attorney general after voters in Milton,...

A maintenance vehicle derailed along the Red Line in Braintree, Massachusetts, resulting in shuttle buses temporarily replacing service during Friday’s morning commute, the MBTA announced. The derailment happened near JFK/UMass, the MBTA said just after 5 a.m. on social media. Shuttle buses were being used to replace service between there and Quincy Center. Riders were also told they could...

The changes are being made due to the MBTA’s construction schedule for 2025, with most of the work taking place on weekends with limited weekday outages.

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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