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A route 7 bus in downtown Boston. A route 29 bus on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury, Boston. A route 34E bus in Walpole. A route 39 bus in Jamaica Plain. A route 60 bus at Kenmore station. A route 75 bus in the Harvard Bus Tunnel. A route 96 bus in Somerville. A route 101 bus on Main Street in Somerville.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates rapid transit (heavy rail), light rail, and bus rapid transit services in the Boston metropolitan area, collectively referred to as the rapid transit, subway, the T system, or simply the T. [2] The color-branded lines consist of three heavy rail lines (Red, Orange, and Blue), one ...
Various contractors (5 bus routes) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as " the T ") [3][4] is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue ...
Averaging over 24,000 weekday boardings, South Station is the busiest MBTA subway station. Park Street station is a busy transfer point for the Green Line and Red Line. JFK/UMass station is one of several transfer points between the subway and Commuter Rail systems. Suffolk Downs station, a typical station outside the downtown core.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates 152 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance (defined as 0.25 miles (0.40 km)) for all residents living in areas with population densities greater than 5,000 inhabitants per square mile (1,900/km 2) within the MBTA's service district.
Silver Line (MBTA) The Silver Line is a system of bus routes in Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is operated as part of the MBTA bus system, but branded as bus rapid transit (BRT) as part of the MBTA subway system. Six routes are operated as part of two disconnected corridors.
The MBTA began adding the key bus routes to its rapid transit map in 2009. [5] [6] This is a 2013 draft by Michael Kvrivishvili, modified into the official map in 2014, that shows the key routes as thinner lines on the rapid transit map. [7] In November 2006, the MBTA launched a concerted effort to improve service quality on key bus routes. [8]
Schematic map of Green Line branches and stations. The Green Line's core is the central subway, a group of tunnels which run through downtown Boston. [10] The Tremont Street subway runs roughly north–south through downtown, with stations at Boylston, Park Street, Government Center, Haymarket, and North Station – all with connections to other lines of the MBTA subway system.