A 39-year-old former Boston school bus driver was indicted Wednesday in connection with the April 2025 death of a 5-year-old boy in Hyde Park, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said. Jean ...

A grand jury has indicted a former bus driver for Boston Public Schools on three charges in the death of 5-year-old Lens ...

A grand jury indicted school bus driver, Jean Charles, of involuntary manslaughter and reckless motor vehicular homicide after he struck and killed a kindergartener last April.

A Suffolk County grand jury on Wednesday handed up three indictments against a former Boston school bus driver in connection with the April 28, 2025 death of 5-year-old Lens Arthur Joseph in Hyde Park ...

The Better Bus Project” is designed to basically try to bring up the bus within the T,” explained MBTA Senior Director of Bus Transformation Justin Antos.

The city will continue paying for the program through July, but after that its long-term future remains unclear.

The three fare-free routes saw 35% growth in ridership, more than double the MBTA average, prompting the city to continue the program through June.

MBTA bus routes 23, 28 and 29, which serve Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury, will remain fare-free through June after the city of Boston announced an expansion of the COVID-era program.

The pilot, which was set to expire at the end of February, has helped grow MBTA ridership on routes 23, 28 and 29 faster than anywhere else in the system.

The T’s slowest buses only got slower last year, according to a study published this fall by research and advocacy group TransitMatters. The MBTA’s 10 slowest bus routes clocked an average speed of ...