BPDA board accepts $11.4 million grant for neighborhood shuttle service

BPDA Board of Directors · Meeting of September 17, 2026

Boston's planning board accepts $11.4 million grant to launch free neighborhood shuttles. The BPDA and EDIC boards, chaired by Chair Rojas, voted unanimously to accept a $11,448,556 MassDOT pass-through grant funding fare-free "Link" shuttle service in Alston-Brighton, Charlestown, Mattapan, Roxbury and the South Boston waterfront, presented by Transit Team lead Matt Moran, who said "these will be fare-free." The board also heard a one-year update on Boston's "A Place to Thrive" anti-displacement plan from Planning Advisory Council director Catherine Lusk, who reported 36 of 53 initiatives now advancing. Separately, the board approved new housing units across two Brighton and Dorchester projects, representing roughly $19 million in investment, extended Chinatown developer ACDC/TCB's tentative designation for 111 affordable units, and restructured $135,000 in overdue mitigation payments owed by the Alston Green project.

In the full story:

• Two Boards, Same Members
• Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park Contract Amendments
• Power Corps Boston Workforce Contract
• The MassDOT Link Up Shuttle Grant
• Anti-Displacement Plan, One Year In
• Chinatown Housing: 290 Tremont Street
• Charlestown Peace Park Transfer
• Capital Projects: Shipyard Park and the China Trade Center Roof
• 697 Cambridge Street, Brighton
• 176 Lincoln Street, Brighton
• 2062 Dorchester Avenue
• Institutional Master Plans: Tufts and Boston University
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 4,317 words

Source: the BPDA Board of Directors meeting of September 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.