Transportation

Seven Central Massachusetts companies have been awarded more than $600,000 in state workforce training grants, including an ice cream shop in Hudson.

Just over three months after acquiring grocery delivery service Instacart rival Shipt for $550 million, Target announced Tuesday it will begin offering online grocery delivery to New England homes next month, including in the Worcester area.

The MBTA has penciled in $7 million in new parking revenues for next year. Now they're figuring out who will pay.

Massachusetts saw a gain of 13,700 jobs last month, including 13,100 from the private sector, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.5 percent.

Already facing criminal charges for filing $19-million in false Medicaid claims, the owner of a Westminster-based transportation company is now being charged with laundering the money he generated from the alleged scheme.

The MBTA Board advanced a fiscal 2019 budget that pushes fare increases off the table until after this year's elections, despite a $36.5 million hole in the agency's spending plans.

As developers descend upon downtown Worcester and attempt to remake the city's center, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is hoping to tap into that optimism by utilizing Union Station's economic potential.

In Central Massachusetts, more electric car charging stations are popping up, and they're being used far more than ever.

To the tens of thousands of commuter rail riders who struggle daily with inconsistent wireless connectivity years after state officials promised a smooth new system, the MBTA has a message.

Senate President Harriette Chandler on Monday told business leaders from central Massachusetts that other taxes and fees may be needed to make the kind of investments in transportation and infrastructure that will boost the economy.