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  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, September 16, 2026 ☀️ Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Good Morning Boston, The annual road race against the Green Line is this Friday. But if you're looking for an easier opponent, we have a few bus routes to suggest: Move over, Emmys: It's time for the "Pokey-Schleppie Awards." Granted, these awards are not as prestigious — or desirable. The public transit advocacy group Transit Matters released its third annual list of Pokey-Schleppie winners yesterday, recognizing the slowest and most "bunched" MBTA bus routes of the year. Here's a look at the "winners," so to speak: And the Pokey goes to: The Silver Line's SL4 route . Transit Matters found the SL4 between South Station and Nubian Square in Roxbury was the system's slowest, averaging a speed of 6.1 mph. (If you ran a 5k road race at that pace, it'd take just over 30 minutes.) "That's largely due to so much traffic in Downtown and Chinatown, a...

  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, July 29, 2026 🌧️ Patchy fog, with a high near 76 and showers likely in the afternoon. Good Morning Boston, A flood watch is in effect for the western half of Massachusetts today, due to torrential downpours in the forecast. According to the National Weather Service , Boston's chances of rain don't pick up until this afternoon. Meteorologist Danielle Noyes has a step-by-step breakdown of what’s ahead here . Now, to the news: Remote works: Massport officials are extending the pilot program that lets some Logan Airport passengers check in and go through security in Framingham . And as WBUR’s Andrea Perdomo Hernandez reports, they're planning to bring more remote terminals online in the coming years.  "We are delighted that this is working," Massport CEO Rich Davey said yesterday. "We are delighted that we are the first in America to be doing this. And frankly, we're delighted that we are getting some FOMO . We've had a couple of...