STATE HOUSE — Discussions of recidivism and community supervision slated for this fall are among the final steps in a process policymakers hope will result in reforms to the state's criminal justice system.
After months studying recidivism trends, drivers of incarceration and other elements of criminal justice in Massachusetts, researchers from the Council on State Governments Justice Center plan to gather with a 25-member working group in December to go over final policy recommendations.
BOSTON — The bustling Red Line, the MBTA's busiest subway line, could transport an additional 10,000 passengers an hour and keep the time between trains to about three minutes if the agency upgrades the line's entire fleet, according to T projections.
The 50 percent boost in capacity would mean less congestion, especially in the system's downtown Boston core, for the 150,000 riders who rely on the Red Line to get where they're going each day. And demand is on the rise as more housing is built near Red Line stations in Quincy, Dorchester and Cambridge's white-hot Kendall Square market.
