MBTA Archives

HOW DOES THE FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM AT THE GLX WORK?

Photo by Shira Laucharoen Pols raise concerns about the temporary design at the new stations (Somerville Wire) – If you are looking to board the GLX at the new Union Square and Lechmere stations, you will find that there are no turnstiles to pass through. This is because the MBTA

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN April 5, 2022

MORE ETA, LESS WTF

This marketing company with political ties is getting paid millions to “humanize” the MBTA brand

DAN ATKINSON March 4, 2020

EVENT: REVIVING LOCAL JOURNALISM IN SOMERVILLE

SAVE THE DATE for the follow-up event to February’s successful Somerville Community Summit!

BINJ ONLINE October 10, 2019

SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART VI

Residents vent on issues related to arts, artists, and artisans

BINJ ONLINE July 4, 2019

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

JASON PRAMAS July 4, 2019

NOW YOU CAN READ BINJ TRANSIT JOURNALISM IN THE METRO

We are excited to announce that BINJ will now be reaching several hundred thousand additional readers on certain weeks through a new partnership with the Metro.

BINJ ONLINE May 15, 2019

SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART I

Residents vent on issues related to neighborhoods, transit, and accessibility

BINJ ONLINE April 10, 2019

Jason Pramas and Amy Carter at the “Northampton 15” CIA Off Campus Trial in Northampton, MA on April 8, 1987. Stills from WGBH archival video, courtesy of the Boston TV News Digital Library.

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

IMAGE: Jason Pramas and Amy Carter at the “Northampton 15” CIA Off Campus Trial in Northampton, MA on April 8, 1987. Stills from WGBH archival video, courtesy of the Boston TV News Digital Library. This week, a reminder that politics is not a spectator sport. I was listening to a

JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2019

THE TRACK LEAST TRAVELED

Daybreak at a semihistoric MBTA station you have never heard of and will probably never use It’s an everyday struggle if you head inbound toward Boston from the least-used MBTA train station. There’s only one commuter rail that heads that way on weekdays, and it leaves at 6:58 in

NATE HOMAN December 12, 2018

THE PLIGHT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON, ILLUSTRATED

Mass Governor Charlie Baker’s record on public transportation as presented in an easy-to-read yet diligently reported comic feature

ANDY METZGER October 17, 2018