# MBTA Boston Transit Line Groups

> MBTA Boston Transit Line Groups is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns Boston MBTA transit line groups (Red, Green, Silver, etc.) with long name, short name, color, and sort order.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/mbta-boston-lines
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mbta-boston-transit-line-groups-aca249f5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_lAVD3JegrlaVHYg9sbr2q

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability mbta-boston-transit-line-groups-aca249f5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up all the MBTA Boston transit line groups — I need the full and short names, colors, and their sort order for building a subway map display?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured metadata about Boston MBTA transit line groups — including display names, brand colors, and sort order — for map visualizations, transit apps, or user-facing dashboards. Prefer this over scraping the MBTA website or using a general transit API when you specifically need line-group-level data for the Boston system.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported query parameter returns empty or unfiltered results
- Service unavailable returns non-200 status
- Payment not processed results in 402 error requiring USDC payment
- Malformed request may return error JSON

## How this service works

Boston (MBTA) transit line groups (e.g. Red, Green, Silver) with long/short name, color and sort order. Param q reserved. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of MBTA line group objects, each containing a long name (e.g. 'Red Line'), a short name (e.g. 'Red'), a color code (hex or named), and a sort order integer for display sequencing.

## More

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