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Info on MBTA Pilot Project

The MBTA has been working on an exciting new initiative to reimagine the bus network and would like to hear from you if you have ideas for new bus service that could be tested as a “Demonstration Project” in 2020.

The MBTA’s Bus Network Redesign will build upon the work of the Better Bus Project, take a holistic look at all bus service, and develop recommendations for a system that will better serve the region’s changing travel needs.

The Demonstration Projects will help us test out new service concepts that will inform the design of different bus network alternatives. Ideas can range from smaller scale changes on existing service to more significant interventions that would require infrastructure changes.

All Ideas submitted will be evaluated on a set of metrics, supported by an origin-destination dataset that will help us identify travel demand in the region. Selected proposals will be presented to the Fiscal Management and Control Board (FMCB) by the end of 2019 for consideration and would begin operating as early as 2020.

To submit an idea for a Demonstration Project visit this link and fill out a short form.