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A route 1 bus in Cambridge 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 A route 111 bus at Bellingham Square
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.
Denotes links to MBTA commuter rail, bus, and ferry routes, as well as other transit providers City/neighborhood Identifies the municipality (and in Boston, the neighborhood) in which the station is located Station info A link to the station's information page on the MBTA website ‡ Official transfer stations † Terminals †‡
The MBTA did experiment with "Night Owl" substitute bus service from 2001 to 2005, but abandoned it because of insufficient ridership, citing a $7.53 per rider cost to keep the service open, five times the cost per passenger of an average bus route. [84] A modified form of the MBTA's previous "Night Owl" service was experimentally reinstated ...
Route 1, which runs on Massachusetts Avenue, is one of the busiest MBTA bus routes, with service every 8 minutes during rush hour. Key bus routes of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system were the 15 routes that had high ridership and higher frequency standards than other bus lines, according to the 2004 MBTA Service Policy. [1]
The MBTA was formed in 1964 to subsidize suburban commuter rail service operated by the Boston and Maine Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Subsidies began in stages from 1965 to 1973; a number of stations closed in 1965–1967 before service to them was subsidized, of which 26 have not reopened.
Local bus routes Lynn Garage Western Avenue, Lynn: Local bus routes; North Shore express routes: North Cambridge Carhouse: Massachusetts Avenue, North Cambridge: Formerly storage and maintenance for Harvard-based trolleybus routes; being converted for battery buses Quincy Garage Hancock Street, Quincy: Quincy-based local bus routes
The routes have high ridership (though lower than many key bus routes) and low costs per rider compared to other bus routes in the MBTA system. In 2012, three routes (SL1, SL5, SLW) were the only MBTA bus routes to show a profit; the median net cost (after fares) on all MBTA bus routes was $2.13 per passenger. [102]