Transportation

The state announced Friday $3.5 million in grant awards for regional transit authorities to implement best practices and innovative services to benefit customers, including $1 million for the Worcester and Metrowest authorities.

The Bay State has brought back the popular rebate program for the purchase of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Electric car buyers can get up to $2,500 when they purchase of an all-electric vehicle as part of the state's strategy to put more low-emission vehicles on the road.

The state expects its study on a rail link connecting Boston to the Springfield and Pittsfield areas to be completed in spring of 2020, later than its initial plan as staff work through environmental impacts and costs of possible strategies

Commuters on the MBTA’s Framingham/Worcester Line should have an easier time commuting. The T said crews have made progress toward permanent fixes to the commuter rail’s Worcester-to-Boston line, including repairs to the main track.

It's official: traffic congestion is at the tipping point. The frustration this year hit a fever pitch when INRIX deemed Boston as the most congested city in the country and a year-long Baker administration study put facts and figures on a trend most drivers had already observed.

Gov. Charlie Baker and Gov. Chris Sununu, both Republicans, disagree over the value of a regional pact to drive down carbon emissions. Baker said the Transportation Climate Initiative, which could raise that gas tax by 17 cents, is the "best way" for states to meet emission reduction goals.

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A new study says there's potential for more than 18,000 extra housing units along the three commuter rail lines serving Central Massachusetts, with most in MetroWest.

Report found "safety is not the priority at the MBTA, but that did not come as a surprise to the longtime leader of an T watchdog group, who warned this week that the agency will need new money to fix its deep-rooted problems.

The MBTA is expected to get an extra $51 million next thanks to sales tax revenue increases that were not forecast, leading officials to predict a smaller budget deficit than they anticipated in October.