Blue Line

With the Sumner Tunnel officially closed for the next eight weeks, people in the East Boston area are bracing for the traffic — not only on the roads, but at Logan Airport and the Blue Line of the MBTA. Riders told NBC10 Boston it was a smooth commute on the MBTA Wednesday. “It was great, and it was fast,” said…

MassDOT announced Friday alternative travel options during that closure, which is set to include free Blue Line rides heading both directions across the entire lines. Gates will be open at all Blue Line stations, from Bowdoin to Wonderland.

A man was arrested late Thursday for choking a passenger on the MBTA Blue Line who wouldn’t give up his seat on the train, police said. The 64-year-old was arrested on a charge of strangulation at Aquarium Station about 11 p.m., according to MBTA Transit Police. The man got on a train and demanded that the other rider give...