Fourteen Massachusetts towns have until Monday to follow the MBTA Communities Act or face potential penalties from the state.

The MBTA Communities Act became law in 2021 and requires 177 towns and cities across Massachusetts to create at least one zoning district where multifamily housing is allowed by right.

BOSTON, MA August 28: MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak speaks as Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker looks while Baker visited the State T Station seeing how work on the Orange Line is ...

— MBTA (@MBTA) February 28, 2023. At a morning event in Weston, the state’s transportation secretary, Gina Fiandaca, said “It does take a little bit of time for the system to catch up after ...

BOSTON — If MBTA overseers want to make more bus routes fare-free, the best approach would be to eliminate rider costs across the entire bus network rather than in a handful of locations, T ...

The MBTA Communities Act became law in 2021 and requires 177 towns and cities across Massachusetts to create at least one zoning district where multifamily housing is allowed by right.