The Healey-Driscoll Administration is celebrating a $67 million federal grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to improve accessibility for passengers on the Green Line. The funding comes from the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden in 2021. ASAP funds projects that upgrade older transit-systems to make them accessible to people with disabilities or limited mobility. The project will make fully accessible 14 ground-level stops along the B and C branches of the Green Line in the neighborhoods of Allston, Brighton, and Brookline.
Governor Maura Healey, Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng and Director of Federal Funds and Infrastructure Quentin Palfrey celebrated the award at the Brookline Town Hall. They were joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Ed Markey, Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Peter Butler, Brookline Town Administrator Chas Carey, City of Boston Chief of Streets Jascha Franklin Hodge, other elected officials, advocates and riders.
"This funding will be transformational for improving accessibility to the Green Line and the ridership experience for all passengers," said Governor Healey. "A critical part of modernizing and improving our historic transit system is ensuring that every rider is able to use the system with ease and comfort. These federal awards are critical to our efforts to make the upgrades necessary to deliver this for our residents. We’re grateful to President Biden, our partners at the Federal Transit Administration, and our Congressional delegation for supporting this work here in Massachusetts."
"This is an exciting step forward in carrying out our administration's commitment to providing equitable, accessible public transportation for all riders,"said Lieutenant Governor Driscoll. "This funding will be a game changer for making critically important changes to 14 MBTA stops to bring them into ADA-compliance and ensure passengers with disabilities or limited mobility can access them. Thank you to all of our federal partners for helping us advance our goals."
The Green Line is the nation’s oldest light rail subway line and serves more than 70 stations with an average weekday ridership of more than 100,000 in the Boston area. Nearly all of these Green Line stations were built before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the proposed project will support the MBTA’s effort to ensure equity across the transit system by making the stations fully accessible to people with disabilities or limited mobility.
This project will make the 14 B and C branch stops more accessible by raising platforms to remove the current 14-inch step that makes boarding and alighting at these stops difficult or impossible for passengers with disabilities, elderly riders, and people with strollers or carts. The requested project will also widen, level, and illuminate the platforms to ensure safe and accessible navigation for all riders, including those who use wheeled mobility devices.
“The MBTA has made great strides in improving accessibility, and we are deeply committed to building a fully accessible system,” said MBTA General Manager Eng. “The Green Line’s street-level stops are some of the most challenging segments of the system for riders with disabilities to traverse. This critical funding allows us to enhance safety for all with vital improvements and upgrades to five B Branch and nine C branch stops so they can be easily accessed by riders of all abilities. Under the leadership of Governor Healey and her Administration, we are aggressively pursuing federal funding grants where available. Thank you to our federal and state partners within the Biden Administration, the FTA, the delegation, and our dedicated Planning and System-wide Accessibility team at the MBTA for making these advancements possible.”
“A successful transportation system is one which allows everyone the freedom of unimpeded mobility," said Transportation Secretary Tibbits-Nutt. “We are grateful to the Biden Administration, FTA officials, and our congressional delegation for the $67 million grant which will help the MBTA make 14 station stops ADA-compliant leading to profound improvements for riders on the B and C branches of the Green Line.”
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“We are grateful to the Biden Administration, FTA officials, and our congressional delegation for the $67 million grant which will help the MBTA
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
As a division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the MBTA provides subway, bus, Commuter Rail, ferry, and paratransit service to eastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island.
make 14 station stops ADA-compliant leading to profound improvements for riders on the B and C branches of the Green Line
Green Line
The Green Line's core is the central subway, a group of tunnels which run through downtown Boston. 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.
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Most MBTA subways and trolley stations are accessible to people with disabilities. Learn more about station and train accessibility features, entering and exiting the T, and what you can expect on your trip.
As a division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the MBTA provides subway, bus, Commuter Rail, ferry, and paratransit service to eastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island.
At the MBTA, we envision a thriving region enabled by a best-in-class transit system. Our mission is to serve the public by providing safe, reliable, and accessible transportation.
Today, the MBTA is one of the largest public transit systems in the country, serving nearly 200 cities and towns and over 1 million daily riders on the subway, bus, ferry, and commuter rail.
Boston, Massachusetts is among the premier wheelchair accessible destinations in the United States and is one of the top cities to visit for first-time disabled travelers.
According to the most recent data from the American Community Survey, approximately 75,100 people - nearly 12 percent of Boston's population - have a disability.
The MBTA is currently conducting the Track Improvement Program, a major track repair and replacement initiative to eliminate 191 speed restrictions, as of November 2023, and bring all tracks into a five-year state of good repair by the end of 2024.
These improvements are funded through the MBTA's capital program, which is primarily funded by two major sources: federal grants and revenue bonds; other sources include project financing and state appropriations.
According to the MBTA's CFO Mary Ann O'Hara, as of 2024, “the projected MBTA budget deficit discussed… for the next fiscal year was $182 million” and this number could amount to $859 million over the next 5 years.” The debt that the MBTA continues to pay for “accrues faster than the rate at which the MBTA is able to ...
The name "the T" is short for "the subway" or "the transit system." It is a colloquial term that has become widely accepted and is used to refer to Boston's public transportation system, which includes buses, subways, commuter rail, and ferries.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts.
The MBTA is overseen by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Board of Directors. Monica Tibbits-Nutt is the Secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Phillip Eng is the MBTA General Manager and CEO.
T employees also contribute less toward their pensions than most state employees because, unlike state workers, T employee pension contributions are subject to collective bargaining rather than set by statute. Another difference with the state is that the MBTA is part of Social Security.
Much of the MBTA subway system is accessible: all Orange and Red Line stations, and all but one Blue Line station, are accessible. Most of the underground portion of the Green Line is accessible, though only some surface stops are; all but one stop on the Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line are accessible.
OSAP spaces (also called “handicapped” parking spaces) are designated by posted signs that say “HP/DV Parking.” Any vehicle with a valid disability placard or license plate from the Massachusetts RMV, or from any US State or Canada, can legally park in these spaces.
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