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Rapid, Reliable Transit for Norwood, Foxborough, and Franklin
Released: June 2024
Introducing TransitMatters’ first-ever Pokey/Schleppie Awards! Read the report to discover the MBTA’s top ten slowest and most bunched buses.
Released: April 2024
Rapid, Reliable Transit for Framingham, Worcester, and Newton
Released: January 2024
Rapid, Reliable Transit for Waltham, Concord, and Fitchburg
Released: September 2023
The Moment for Regional Rail is Now!
Read our report outlining how Regional Rail remains a critical investment for Metro Boston and New England in the post-COVID environment, and outlines the best practices which can deliver Rail Transformation as quickly and economically as possible.
Released: June 2023
Read our technical analysis on how to create more reliable bus networks for high-frequency routes using headway management operations.
Released: May 2023
Read our technical analysis on how to create more reliable bus networks for low-frequency routes using pulse points operations.
Released: May 2023
Explore our guide to implementing useful, accessible, and equitable mobility hubs, with information for planners, advocates and community members.
Released: January 2023
Rapid, Reliable Transit for Lowell, Nashua, and Manchester, NH
Released: November 2022
Rapid, Reliable Transit for Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley
Released: November 2021
Learn why electrification of the MBTA Commuter Rail network is a critical investment in the region’s mobility future and how to achieve it.
Released: October 2021
Read our joint report with Sierra Club and ITDP detailing how we can accelerate electrification of bus service in the Boston Metro Area.
Released: September 2021
Rapid, Reliable Transit for Brockton and The South Shore
Released: May 2021
Rapid, Reliable Transit for Chelsea, Lynn, and the North Shore
Released: March 2021
Rapid, Reliable Transit for the Northeast Corridor and Stoughton
Released: Spring 2020
Read the Fall 2019 supplement to our original Regional Rail vision demonstrating how modern operating practice can add capacity to the current Commuter Rail network and how these modest operational changes can be implemented to improve service on the Worcester line during I-90 construction as a first step to Regional Rail.
Released: September 2019
Read our successful grant proposal to bring mobility hubs to East Boston. A future Mobility Hubs toolkit as referenced in this document will be released later in 2020.
Released: May 2019
Read our groundbreaking Winter 2018 report that laid out the vision and new business model and ultimately changed the narrative about Regional Rail in MA politics.
Released: February 2018
Read our latest report detailing how to begin modernizing the lines that the FMCB endorsed for an early transition to Regional Rail and operate frequent service systemwide, and how this process can aid the region's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Released: June 2020