Councilors Seek Long-Promised Orange Line Extension in Boston

Boston City Councilors push for Orange Line extension in Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Two Boston City Councilors are pushing a plan to extend the Orange Line into more neighborhoods in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. The proposal would add a new branch to the line at Ruggles which would run underground to Nubian Square, Grove Hall, the Franklin Park Zoo, and to several stops on Blue Hill Avenue. The plan was presented to MBTA officials TUesday. The councilors behind the idea said the Blue Hill Avenue area remains one of the mo…

Councilors seek long-promised Orange Line extension in Boston

Boston councilors are renewing a push to extend the Orange Line into neighborhoods they say have long lacked rapid transit.

Boston city councilors pitch MBTA subway alternative to contentious Blue Hill Avenue bus lane redesign

Two Boston city councilors who oppose a Blue Hill Avenue redesign plan pitched an alternate Orange Line extension for the corridor, but the MBTA says it's instead studying a connection to Mayor Wu's Roslindale neighborhood.

Amid bus lane pushback, Boston city councilors propose Orange Line extension

Two Boston city councilors have a new proposal for improving public transit on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan amid some controversy over the current plan. “Everyone keeps saying buses, I say no buses,” said District 7 Councilor Miniard Culpepper. For years the city and state have discussed ways to improve the crowded commuter corridor and landed on a dedicated center bus lane, though some in the community oppose it, going so far as to ask the Trum…

An Orange Line extension? Two Boston city councilors push Eng for new subway branch

Even as the MBTA’s railways have expanded into Somerville and Medford, subway service for some of Boston’s most populated working-class neighborhoods has remained a pipe dream.

City councilors propose extending Orange Line beneath Blue Hill Avenue - The Boston Globe

At a press conference Tuesday morning outside the state transportation department, Councilors Brian Worrell and Miniard Culpepper pitched the Orange Line extension as a matter of equity.