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A new website is planned to allow passengers and employers to perform self-service CharlieCard transactions. [101] "Fare Transformation", originally scheduled to be completed in 2021 under the name "AFC 2.0", and activated on buses and subway lines on August 1st, 2024, is now expected to be completed in 2025.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) oversees roads, public transit, aeronautics, and transportation licensing and registration in the US state of Massachusetts. It was created on November 1, 2009, by the 186th Session of the Massachusetts General Court upon enactment of the 2009 Transportation Reform Act.
The department was split into five district offices managed by a District Highway Director (DHD) under the supervision of the Chief Engineer at MassHighway headquarters in Boston. This district plan has been continued under MassDOT and the Boston area (westward along the Mass Turnpike to Weston and south through to Randolph) was the basis for a ...
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. [4] It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. [5]
1978: MGH's Dr. Jeffrey B. Cooper, with colleagues at MGH and MIT, developed the "Boston Anesthesia System," the first anesthesia machine engineered by way of human-factors studies, and the first with computer-based operations. 1981: Faulker Hospital makes history by being the first to successfully transfuse a patient with "rejuvenated blood".
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) operates the Port of Boston, which includes a container shipping facility in South Boston, and Logan International Airport, in East Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates bus, subway, short-distance rail, and water ferry passenger services throughout the city and region.
The Bulfinch Building of the Massachusetts General Hospital is located on the hospital's main campus on Fruit Street in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts.It was designed by architect Charles Bulfinch, and built between 1818 and 1823, with a major expansion in 1844-46.
MassDOT awarded a $33.8 million construction contract for the first phase of the project on September 17, 2014. That phase included the 1.3-mile (2.1 km)-long busway, the four Silver Line stations, replacement of the Washington Street bridge, and the Chelsea Greenway. [81] Silver Line service to Chelsea (route SL3) began on April 21, 2018. [82]