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Transit in Cambridge

You can find plentiful public transportation options -- subway, buses, commuter rail, shuttles, and bike share-- in much of Cambridge. As a result, many Cambridge residents, workers, visitors, and students choose to get around on public transit, walking and biking. Given changes going on in Cambridge like more jobs, smaller families, more single people -- public transit can play an even more critical role for people getting around Cambridge and greater Boston.

Transit initiatives

The City is engaged in a number of studies and projects related to transit within Cambridge and the greater region. Some relevant information is below. You can find information on bus stop locations and amenities, Cambridge projects, MBTA or MassDOT projects, other public shuttle providers, and information on our monthly transit newsletter.

Bus Stop Amenities

• Map of bus stop shelters (PDF opens in new window)
• Map of bus stop benches (PDF opens in new window)
• Map of bus real-time arrival signs (PDF opens in new window)

Cambridge projects and initiatives

• Cambridge Bus Priority Projects (webpage)
• Map of bus travel locations of concern from 2014 and 2018 Bus Delay and Unreliability Study (PDF opens in new window)
• Cambridge Transit Strategic Plan (2015) (PDF opens in new window)
• Bus shelter program (webpage)

Regional Initiatives (Links below open in a new window)

• MBTA elevator projects 
• MBTA Green Line Extension
• MBTA Fare Transformation (Automated Fare Collection 2.0)
• View all MBTA projects
• MassDOT Allston (I-90) Multimodal project
• MassDOT/MBTA Silver Line Extension Alternatives Analysis
• MassDOT/MBTA Bus Network Redesign
• MassDOT/MBTA RailVision (Completed Study)
• MassDOT/MBTA Focus40 (Completed Study)

Transit Strategic Plan: A guiding document

To guide how Cambridge improves public transit the City established a Transit Advisory Committee in 2013 and released a Transit Strategic Plan in 2015. Click to view the plan in high resolution / low resolution.

Additional transit information

• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
• EZRide - Charles River TMA
• Alewife TMA
• Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization (MASCO) Buses
• Bluebikes Bikeshare
• Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Rail and Transit Division

Transit Bulletin newsletter

Click here to sign-up for the Transit Bulletin newsletter with Transit Advisory Committee meeting notices, transit news, events, and actions that the public can take to support transit.

You can see some previous editions by clicking the links below:

• Click here to view the January 2022 Transit Bulletin (Opens in new window)
• Click here to view the December 2021 Transit Bulletin (Opens in new window)

For more information

For more information, contact Andrew Reker at areker@cambridgema.gov or 617/349-6959.