CALLS FOR STATE transportation officials to slow down the process of selling the rights to a narrow strip of land parallel to a congested East Boston roadway have found a […]
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Walsh unloads on T
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH called Wednesday for the MBTA to invest about $9 million in running Red Line and commuter rail trains more frequently, slamming the […]
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Talk of new transportation revenues premature
THE ROARING MASSACHUSETTS private economy is the envy of the nation. For a second consecutive year, it has helped create a substantial state budget surplus—even while the rate of state […]
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T cautious on biz-funded management initiative
DESPITE A DESPERATE NEED for management talent, the MBTA has moved very cautiously in taking advantage of a novel initiative spearheaded by several Massachusetts business groups offering money for training and […]
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Red Line ridership continues to lag
Red Line ridership continued to lag behind normal levels during the last week of June – the continuation of a trend that began after a train car derailed at the […]
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Safety allegations raise control board issues
The MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board is widely viewed as a government success story – five, unpaid gubernatorial appointees who have brought public scrutiny to the inner workings of […]
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Safety allegations raise control board issues
THE MBTA’s FISCAL and Management Control Board is widely viewed as a government success story – five, unpaid gubernatorial appointees who have brought public scrutiny to the inner workings of […]
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Red Line ridership off 10% after derailment
RED LINE RIDERSHIP dropped roughly 10 percent the week a train derailed at the JFK/UMass Station and it only partially recovered the following week, according to the latest figures available. […]
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Video: Pyrotechnics preceded June derailment
A VIDEO OF the Red Line derailment on June 11 from the vantage point of the JFK/UMass Station shows the Braintree-bound train coming into view around a slight curve when […]
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Baker feels the love on South Coast
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER, who has been facing heat for his oversight of the MBTA since a Red Line derailment June 11, traveled to the South Coast on Tuesday to bask […]
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Why Red Line commute is taking longer
YOUR RED LINE COMMUTE is taking up to 20 minutes longer these days because a team of roughly 50 MBTA employees is filling in for automatic switches and signals severely […]
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Wu and other pols seek to organize T riders
BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR Michelle Wu had a captive audience Monday morning as she tried to mobilize a group of people who spend too much time stuck on MBTA platforms and […]
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Crowded T cars can mean unwanted touching
CROWDED SUBWAY CARS AND PLATFORMS can mean more than disruption for T riders. They have the potential to produce an environment ripe for sexual harassment. With a review panel now […]
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Will Baker get on the T revenue train?
For Charlie Baker, when you’ve lost Bob DeLeo and Marty Walsh, along with leading business voices, those infernal MBTA countdown clocks that can’t give Red Line riders a clue to […]
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Will Baker get on the T revenue train?
FOR CHARLIE BAKER, when you’ve lost Bob DeLeo and Marty Walsh, along with leading business voices, those infernal MBTA countdown clocks that can’t give Red Line riders a clue to when […]
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DeLeo ups T ante, pledges long-term fix
SAYING THE MBTA is “in crisis,” House Speaker Robert DeLeo said the House is willing to work with Gov. Charlie Baker on a short-term fix but remains focused on a […]
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After visit to derailment site, Baker changes course on MBTA
ONE NIGHT LAST week, Gov. Charlie Baker saw for himself the damage dealt to the Red Line’s signal system when a train went off the rails at the JFK/UMass Station […]
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T notes: Aiello tells T bus staff to think much bigger
THE CHAIR OF THE MBTA’S oversight board strongly encouraged T staff to think much bigger in trying to improve bus service, suggesting one possibility might be a $50 million challenge […]
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Panel named to review MBTA safety practices
FORMER US TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Ray LaHood and two other transit veterans agreed to review the MBTA’s past derailments and safety practices in a bid “to inculcate safety into every facet […]
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T’s commuter rail on a roll
THE RED LINE continues to plod along in the wake of the June 11 derailment, but the MBTA’s commuter rail system is on something of a roll. From December through […]
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Baker must step up on transportation crisis
LET ME TELL YOU a story about political leadership. The year is 1969, and Illinois has a new Republican governor, Richard B. Ogilvie. Ogilvie took office knowing that the state […]
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Red Line delays to last through summer
IT WILL BE a summer of frustratingly long commutes for Red Line riders. Ten days after a Red Line train derailed and crashed into three bungalows of signal equipment, MBTA […]
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Wu plans to press fare issue in July 1 system-wide canvass
LEANING INTO THE political potential of MBTA rider outrage, Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu plans to organize volunteers to canvass straphangers on July 1, the day a roughly 6 percent […]
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Moderate Marty suddenly dials it up
TRYING TO PROTECT HIS left flank, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh jumped into the debate over the MBTA by calling for a local seat on the transit authority’s next oversight board […]