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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — The MBTA is adding more service to 37 bus routes starting April 5.
The routes getting upgrades are Routes 9,16, 24, 40, 42, 50, 85, 96, 101, 220, 226, 350, 455, 714, 716, CT2, SL1 and SL2.
Route 9 and SL2 will be upgraded to operate every 15 minutes.
The agency said the increase in service is a part of the ongoing Better Bus Project, which aims to reduce waiting times and provide better experiences.
However, some residents remain skeptical about the promised results.
“No, I won’t believe it until I see it,” one bus rider told WBZ NewsRadio. “It’s like all these improvements they’re doing here on the tracks, [but] I don’t get home until 9 o’clock at night most times.”
Phillip Eng, MBTA General Manager and Interim Transportation Secretary, said bus services have been restored to pre-pandemic levels.
DJ from Mattapan said that the upgrades are beneficial to a lot of people but “we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.”
WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas (@jamesrojas.bsky.social) reports.