Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The **Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority** (usually called the **MBTA** or **"the T"**) is Massachusetts' public transportation system.  

The MBTA opened on September 2, 1897.  Its first line, the Green Line, is the first subway in the Western Hemisphere.

Today, all together, the parts of the MBTA travel 1392 miles each way, every day.

In the MBTA's color-coding system, Commuter Rail Trains are purple.

As of 2014, there were a total of 138 Commuter Rail stations in Massachusetts.

Closer to Boston, Commuter Rail trains stop at a few different Boston neighborhoods on their way to South Station, like Back Bay, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, and Dorchester.  

Travelers can change to the MBTA's Red Line subway at South Station.

#### North Station
Commuter Rail trains run to North Station from towns like:

The Orange Line runs from Malden to Jamaica Plain.  It has 19 stops, including stops at Bunker Hill Community College, Tufts Medical Center, Boston's Chinatown, and Haymarket (a famous outdoor food market).

The Orange Line intersects with every other line on the MBTA.  Travelers can change to any color subway or trolley car from the Orange Line.

The Red Line is the most used subway line on the MBTA.  On average, about 74,450,000 people make trips on the Red Line every year.

#### Blue Line
The Blue Line was built in 1904 as the world's widest underwater streetcar tunnel.  (The Blue Line travels under the Charles River).  By 1924, the Blue Line had been made into a subway.

The Blue Line is used less than any other MBTA subway line.  About 17,880,000 people make trips on the Blue Line every year - about 76% less than the number of people who use the Red Line each year.

Longwood Station on the D line, and the Longwood Medical Area Station on the E line, are within walking distance of multiple world-class hospitals, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Joslin Clinic for Diabetes, and Boston Children's Hospital.

*SL1 travels from Logan Airport to South Station, stopping at the federal courthouse, World Trade Center, and each terminal at the airport
*SL2 travels from the Boston Design Center to South Station.  It stops at the federal courthouse and the World Trade Center on the way.
*SL4 travels from Dudley Station to South Station.  Dudley Station is a major station in Roxbury with connections to 16 different buses.  The SL4's other stops include Tufts Medical Center and Chinatown.
*SL5 travels from Dudley Station to Downtown Crossing.  Downtown Crossing is a center of public transit in Boston, with connections to the Red, Orange, and Silver Lines, and 15 different buses.  This is the most popular bus route on the MBTA.  About 14,709 people ride this bus every day.

* F1 travels from Rowes Wharf in Boston to Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts
* F2H travels from Hingham, to Hull, Massachusetts, to Logan Airport
* F4 travels from Long Wharf in Boston to Charlestown Navy Yard
* At some times of year, a ferry runs from the New England Aquarium to Lynn and Salem

### Buses
The MBTA operates 174 different buses.  Together, these buses travel a total of 745 miles, one way, each day.p.e

The two most commonly used buses on the MBTA both average about 14,000 riders every day:

The MBTA has put many programs into place to help prevent crime and terrorism on the MBTA.  The latest report published by the MBTA Transit Police compared crime rates in 2014 and 2015.  Between 2014 and 2015, there was about a 7% increase in crimes on the MBTA.  In 2014, there were 946 reported crimes on the MBTA.  In February alone, 64.8 inches of snow fell in Boston.  The MBTA had to hire hundreds of workers to shovel snow and chip ice off the tracks.  On February 11, Scott announced that she would resign from her job, as of April 11, 2015.

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