The new South Coast line and it’s 90-minute end-to-end journey will suddenly open up the region’s mix of outer suburbs, old industrial cities and rural towns – and their significantly lower home and condo prices.
The MBTA plans to carefully watch ridership data and increase service accordingly as the state reopens its economy in the coming months.
Nearly two dozen MBTA projects, including high-profile components of a plan to speed repairs during more frequent system shutdowns, will be delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
State transportation officials said last week that when Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said this week that highway carpools lanes are mostly filled with scofflaws she wasn’t basing it on any hard evidence.
Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing a new program, capped at $50 million per year, that would give employers a a $2,000-per-employee tax credit if they let workers telecommute and therefore avoid traveling on already-clogged roads during rush hour.
