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MBTA removes system's final slow zones from Green Line
The MBTA's massive slow zone removal plan wrapped up as parts of the Green Line reopened. After more than a year of diversions, shuttlebuses and shutdowns, the MBTA said all train lines should be back up and running at full speed.
With Slow Zones gone, MBTA looks forward to a “new era”
The same federal regulator who previously called out the MBTA for major safety lapses on Monday praised a "new era" at the agency after a year-long track repair campaign.
It’s a Christmas miracle’: MBTA is slow-zone free for first time in decades
MBTA riders will start saving time on all train lines now that a project to remove slow zones is finished, according to officials.
MBTA Slow Zone Removal Called ‘Christmas Miracle’
But problems on the Red Line Monday morning cast a shadow over officials' celebratory mood as they gathered for a press conference to promote the elimination of all slow zones on the MBTA subway network "for the first time in 20 years.
The MBTA prepares to put subway slow zones in the rearview mirror
A plan to remove speed restrictions from the MBTA subway system is nearing completion. Crews replaced about 47 miles of track across the system over the last year.
MBTA expects a slow zone free system this weekend. But problems persist.
The transit agency is expecting the entire system to run full speed ahead this weekend, with remaining slow zones on the Green Line to be cleared Friday.
Slow zones to end across all MBTA lines for the first time in 22 years
The MBTA is finally on the brink of ending all slow zones across all subway lines this week, General Manager Phillip Eng trumpeted as the final days of the the agency’s “record-breaking” Track Improvement Program tick down.
How MBTA workers fixed more than 200 slow zones in a little over a year
The MBTA's subway repair blitz will end Saturday morning, when a section of the Green Line reopens slow zone-free. Radio Boston talks with T repair workers about their efforts.
Complete slow zone elimination is just days away for the MBTA, says Eng
The T will soon be free of slow zones for the first time in more than two decades, according to MBTA General Manager Phil Eng.
MBTA finishes work on Green Line to eliminate slow zones for first time in decades
The MBTA has finished work on the Green Line to eliminate slow zones on all lines for the first time in decades.
Cracked rail soils MBTA's plans for first perfect morning commute after last slow zones removed
While Gov. Healey and the MBTA prepared to celebrate the removal of all slow zones on Monday, another track-related issue ...
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T will be free of slow zones for the first time in decades
The MBTA will be entirely free of slow zones starting Saturday, with the agency’s Track Improvement Program coming to a ...