The MBTA and MassDOT said today they want to extend the Silver Line 3, which now terminates in Chelsea, to neighboring Everett and then to the Sullivan Square T stop – where riders will be able to ride a new breed of “high frequency buses” to Kendall Square.
MBTA planners say the extension would particularly benefit Everett residents, who now suffer from “a lack of access to high quality, high-capacity transit.”
The extended route will be served by a new fleet of 45 hybrid buses the T is expected to take delivery of starting this year.
Longer term, the agencies said, they want to look at keeping the Silver Line going all the way to Kendall Square itself, but they’ve shelved that idea for now in part because it would require purchasing even more buses.