THE TRUCK OPERATOR who drove into the restricted access Silver Line tunnel on Friday morning had “no malicious intent,” according to an MBTA spokesman. Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the T, said the truck driver, who was not identified, “unwittingly tailed” a Silver Line vehicle onto the ramp and into the tunnel. Pesaturo said an […]
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Truck causes damage to Silver Line tunnel
A TRUCK ON FRIDAY morning entered the Silver Line underground transitway that runs to South Station and caused damage to the overhead wires, which had not been fully repaired as of Saturday evening. Lisa Battiston, a spokeswoman for the MBTA, issued a statement saying the truck entered the transitway at approximately 9:30 a.m. by mistake. […]
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Baker took the T ‘just like other people do’
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER, who last year resisted calls for him to ride the MBTA, says he rode the Blue Line to the State House somewhere between 10 and 20 times in January and February. The governor didn’t spell out why he suddenly decided to hop on the T rather than ride his SUV to work, […]
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T notes: Pollack to pick preferred ‘throat’ approach in Oct.
Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack indicated on Monday that in October she intends to pick a “preferred alternative” for the I-90 Allston project, including how to reconstruct the transportation infrastructure in the so-called “throat” area between Boston University and the Charles River. A timetable released for the project at a meeting of the Massachusetts Department of […]
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T preps for $308m deficit in fiscal 2022
The MBTA, facing tremendous budget uncertainty, is starting work now to close an estimated $308 million deficit looming in the fiscal year that starts in July 2021. The MBTA is planning to use $720 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to help close a deficit in the current fiscal year, but is projecting a $308 […]
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A new, bigger I-90 viaduct is not the answer
IN 1965, Massachusetts officials opened the Allston section of I-90, shoehorning an eight-lane elevated highway between Boston University and the Charles River, dividing a vibrant working-class community and wounding vital riverfront habitat in the process. Some 60 years later, Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge still endure impacts from this obsolete, failed transportation policy that placed a […]
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TransitMatters: Train search should focus on basics
THE MBTA’S REQUEST for information to railcar manufacturers regarding electric multiple unit trains, often called EMUs, was a welcome sign of progress towards electrifying the commuter rail system and converting it into a high-speed, high-frequency regional rail network. By focusing on vehicles compliant with new Federal Railroad Administration standards, long in use in Europe, the […]
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Theoharides softens stance on Charles River a bit
THE STATE SECRETARY of energy and environmental affairs on Tuesday appeared to soften her stance a bit on incursions into the Charles River in connection with a massive Allston project that involves the reconstruction of transportation infrastructure on a narrow strip of land between Boston University and the river. Katie Theoharides, appearing at a State […]
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Getting to yes on the throat
The push is on – again – for a unifying plan to reconstruct all of the transportation infrastructure packed into a narrow stretch of land between Boston University and the Charles River. That stretch of land, dubbed the throat because it is a choke point, is the most challenging part of an estimated $1 billion […]
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Getting to yes on the throat
The push is on – again – for a unifying plan to reconstruct all of the transportation infrastructure packed into a narrow stretch of land between Boston University and the Charles River. That stretch of land, dubbed the throat because it is a choke point, is the most challenging part of an estimated $1 billion […]