Winter Hill Neighborhood Association

UPDATE: a page with the routes that are changing is now available: https://betterbus.mbta.com/proposals

But even if it doesn't have a change (indicated by the dark blue color), the route info sheet done for each one is fascinating. And they "score" the busses with values for the kind of service it offers on that route. These seem like they might be useful to know for the future too.

For example: 
89: Route 89 is moderately important route within the MBTA network (see Figure 2). On a relative scale of 0 to 10, the route rates 5.2 in terms of ridership, 3.6 in terms of transit dependent ridership, and 6.9 in terms of its value to the network (which reflects the number of people who are uniquely served, the number of jobs and other important destinations, and the number of transferring passengers). Its overall score, which gives a 70% weight to overall ridership and a 15% weight to both other measures, is 5.6. 101: Route 101 has moderately high importance within the overall system (see Figure 2). On anumber of people who are uniquely served, the number of jobs and other important destinations, and the number of transferring passengers). Its overall score, which gives a 70% weighting to overall ridership and a 15% weight to both other measures, is 6.6.   

Someone reviewed and commented on the changes here, which I found helpful.  http://milesintransit.com/2019/01/28/guide-to-the-mbtas-better-bus-project-proposals/


A transit mailing list I'm on had an announcement of these "open house" events to talk about the bus updates of some sort. I haven't been following the project before, but you can learn more here:

https://www.mbta.com/projects/better-bus-project

And the email version of the meeting list is here, you can also see them at the project web site.

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