Changes to MBTA Service

(1) M.G.L. c. 40A, § 3A applies to the MBTA communities identified in M.G.L. c. 40A, § 1A and M.G.L. c. 161A, § 1. When MBTA service changes, the list of MBTA communities and/or the transit category assignments of those MBTA communities in Table 760 CMR 72.12 may change as well. (2) The community category assignments identified in Table 760 CMR 72.12 reflect certain MBTA service changes that are expected to result from the South Coast Rail and Green Line Extension projects. Affected MBTA communities are noted in Table 760 CMR 72.12. (3) Municipalities that are not now identified as MBTA communities and may be identified as such in the future are not addressed in 760 CMR 72.00 or included in Table 760 CMR 72.12. New MBTA communities will be addressed with revisions to Table 760 CMR 72.12, and separate compliance timelines. (4) Future changes to Silver Line routes or stations may change district location requirements when expanded high-capacity service combined with new facilities creates a bus station where there was not one before. Changes to other bus routes, including the addition or elimination of bus stops or reductions or expansions of bus service levels, do not affect the transit categories assigned to MBTA communities and will not affect location requirements for Multi-family zoning districts. Any future changes to MBTA transit service, transit routes and transit service levels are determined by the MBTA Board of Directors consistent with the MBTA's Service Delivery Policy.