A CANDIDATE for the Somerset Select Board on Monday night called on the state to take control of the deep-water pier at Brayton Point and oust a private company that […]
Bruce Mohl
Bruce Mohl oversees the production of content and edits reports, along with carrying out his own reporting with a particular focus on transportation, energy, and climate issues.
He previously worked at the Boston Globe, where he spent nearly 30 years in a wide variety of positions covering business and politics. He covered the Massachusetts State House and served as the Globe’s State House bureau chief in the late 1980s. He also reported for the Globe’s Spotlight Team, winning a Loeb award in 1992 for coverage of conflicts of interest in the state’s pension system. He served as the Globe’s political editor in 1994 and went on to cover consumer issues for the newspaper.
Bruce is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Posted inTransportation
Worcester commuter rail line targeted for upgrades
THE FRAMINGHAM-WORCESTER commuter rail line, which could become a lifeline into Boston if the I-90 Allston project gets launched, is getting some major improvements. The MBTA is planning two major […]
Posted inHealth Care
Concerns raised about Optum coding practices
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission said there was no need to further investigate the proposed purchase of Atrius Health by Optum, but several members of the […]
Posted inArts and Culture
Mass Reboot: The arts sector
THE BOCH CENTER and the Dorchester Art Project are arts organizations from very different worlds, but both were hit hard by COVID and are now struggling to find their way […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker seems eager to start spending
WITH STATE GOVERNMENT sitting on a huge pile of cash, Gov. Charlie Baker is suddenly eager to spend it. Early last week he proposed putting up $10 million in federal […]
Posted inUncategorized
House votes to put fed funds through budget-like process
THE HOUSE VOTED overwhelmingly on Tuesday to put nearly all of the roughly $5 billion in unrestricted federal stimulus money through a budget-like process, giving Gov. Charlie Baker immediate control […]
Posted inPolitics
When is the Boston mayoral race going to pick up?
WITH LESS THAN three months to go before the Boston mayoral preliminary election, it feels like the campaign is in slow motion. The candidates are out there talking with voters, […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: New subway cars still in limbo
MBTA GENERAL MANAGER Steve Poftak said the new Orange and Red Line cars will remain in limbo for the time being as the T continues to try to reach consensus […]
Posted inTransportation
Members of T control board say goodbye
THE MEMBERS of the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board bid a final farewell on Monday as lawmakers on Beacon Hill continued to trade proposals about what a successor board […]
Posted inTransportation
GLX to come in under budget, opening slightly delayed
MBTA OFFICIALS say the $2.3 billion project extending the Green Line into Somerville and Medford will come in under budget and be finished slightly later than expected, with the Union […]
Posted inEconomy
Is Chelsea Eats nearing an end, or a beginning?
CHELSEA CITY MANAGER Tom Ambrosino started handing out cash to residents last year as a way to address hunger in his community, but now he thinks the program’s initial success […]
Posted inTransportation
COVID’s impact on transportation ridership uneven
THE PANDEMIC depressed travel on most modes of transportation, but the impact has not been the same everywhere. On the MBTA, ridership remains way down on the bus, subway, and […]
Posted inPolitics
Harvard professor launches campaign for governor
HARVARD UNIVERSITY professor Danielle Allen officially launched her campaign for governor on Tuesday by promising to address the inequities in Massachusetts that COVID has laid bare. The first-time political candidate […]
Posted inTransportation
Uber, Lyft rides plunged to record lows in 2020
THE NUMBER of Uber and Lyft rides in Massachusetts plunged to record lows during the pandemic of 2020, with the total number of rides across the state falling to 35 […]
Posted inTransportation
Gulliver’s challenges, rising traffic and I-90 Allston
STATE HIGHWAY Administrator Jonathan Gulliver is facing two major challenges: traffic levels that are rising rapidly and an Allston I-90 project that is currently 4 feet too wide to fit […]
Posted inTransportation
DCR unwilling to ease I-90 Allston space crunch
STATE TRANSPORTATION officials looking for some extra space to put all of the roadways and train tracks associated with the Allston I-90 project at ground level are facing resistance from […]
Posted inTransportation
Poll: Boston traffic congestion to return or get worse
A NEW POLL indicates three of every four Greater Boston voters think traffic will return to previous levels or get worse as the state reopens, and most are in favor […]
Posted inTransportation
New MBTA board picks up some momentum
THE MOVE TO REPLACE the expiring MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board with a new oversight agency appears to be picking up steam, as a House spending plan released on […]
Posted inTransportation
T derailment blamed on ‘series of contributing factors’
IT’S BEGINNING to look like the MBTA may never pinpoint the cause of a March 16 derailment of one of its new Orange Line trains. At a meeting of the […]
Posted inTransportation
T notes: Compromise on income-based fares
THE MBTA’S Fiscal and Management Control Board voted unanimously on Monday to direct the transit authority’s staff to develop two options for testing income-based fares, leaving the decision on whether […]
Posted inTransportation
T estimates Red-to-Blue connector cost at $850m
THE MBTA unveiled an $850 million cost estimate for connecting the Red and Blue subway lines at Charles/MGH, a project that, if funding is found, could break ground in 2025 […]
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Tax tutorial by Sen. Adam Hinds
THE STATE IS FLUSH with cash right now, but Sen. Adam Hinds of Pittsfield said he doesn’t think that will stop the Legislature this week from passing and sending along […]
Posted inTransportation
Rate of deterioration on Turnpike called exponential
STATE TRANSPORTATION officials said the elevated section of the Massachusetts Turnpike between Boston University and the Charles River is deteriorating at an exponential rate. Michael O’Dowd, the Department of Transportation’s […]
Posted inTransportation
On Allston project, tone changes but challenges remain
STATE TRANSPORTATION officials sounded a more optimistic tone Thursday night about reaching a consensus on a design for the Allston I-90 interchange project, but they continued to insist on options […]