The MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board outlined the steps that the MBTA needs to take to stabilize its finances and operations in its first annual report released Tuesday. The […]
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MBTA revenue debate never clean
The new MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board is learning – or at least confirming – that there is nothing simple when dealing with financial issues for the nation’s fourth-largest […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
T leaders say fares can go up 10%
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS MBTA LEADERS CONSIDER FARE INCREASES of as much as 10 percent starting July 1 and the potential for fares based on ability to pay, a […]
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T maintenance worker paid $315,000
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE HIGHEST-PAID MBTA EMPLOYEE has been paid about $315,000 so far in 2015, working 4,455 hours, MBTA Chief Administrator Brian Shortsleeve told the T’s Fiscal and […]
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‘Twas the night before …
‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS And I jumped out of bed With visions of runaway trains In my head. My dreams, once sullied by Goblins and witches Now were […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Little support for boosting Green Line state aid
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE TWO MEMBERS of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Board of Directors on Monday said they are “reluctant” to put more money towards the Green Line extension […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
GLX: It’s not just about transportation
I GUESS EVERY ORGANIZATION needs a mission statement. So in 2010, the senior staff of the newly created MassDOT was taking a crack at it, one day, around the secretary’s […]
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MBTA dumps Green Line contractors
THE MBTA ON THURSDAY CANCELED THE CONTRACTS of the four major firms working on the Green Line extension and announced it was also going to shake up its own internal […]
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Pollack’s dilemma: Be careful what you wish for
When Gov. Charlie Baker tapped Stephanie Pollack as transportation secretary, it was a choice that surprised many on both sides. How would one of the state’s most passionate advocates for […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Red Line train goes 4 stops without operator
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A 51-year-old Red Line motorman who saw his train exiting Braintree Station without anyone at the controls early Thursday morning quickly alerted MBTA personnel at the […]
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State begins pruning Green Line extension
STATE OFFICIALS TURNED TO OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS on Wednesday for help in deciding whether they should build the Green Line extension to Somerville and also ordered the MBTA not to approve […]
Posted inOpinion, Transportation
A tale of two transit systems
OUR FUTURE, ROBERT KENNEDY ONCE SAID, lies beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control. This was an optimistic view of our ability to anticipate (rather than […]
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T refuses to release Green Line report
STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS are refusing to release a consultant’s report on what went wrong with a contract for the Green Line extension to Somerville, saying the document “was prepared under […]
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Straus offers up T financing plan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AS MBTA OVERSEERS consider paths forward for the Green Line Extension, a top House official has proposed a locally-based financing scheme for that and other transportation […]
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T gets an “F” for its contracting approach
A consultant hired by the MBTA said the transit agency got played by the firm hired to build the Green Line extension to Somerville as a contracting approach designed to […]
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Consultant: T got snookered on Green Line
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE ENABLED a major contracting group to take advantage of it, leading to ballooning Green Line Extension costs, according to a consultant brought in to assess […]
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Rosenberg warns T on fare hike
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH MBTA FARE HIKES on the table to address a budget gap and repair backlog at the public transit system, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Monday […]
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Keolis GM knows winter is coming
GERALD FRANCIS, the general manager of Keolis, the French company that operates the MBTA’s commuter rail system, is a man with an ambitious plan. He wants to make Eastern Massachusetts […]
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T ad policy tries to steer clear of controversy
The MBTA, which already has its hands full trying to transport passengers across eastern Massachusetts, on Monday tried to avoid being drawn into ancillary ideological battles by banning controversial advertisements. […]
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T bans political, e-cigarette ads
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT surfaced Monday as a central theme in two protests: one speaking out against an ad on the MBTA that some say is designed […]
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Pollack: More Green Line funds needed
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is to press ahead with the Green Line Extension project, the Legislature will likely have to authorize additional bonding next year […]
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Baker still Mr. Popularity, but his T is not
CHARLIE BAKER WALKS on water. Earlier this year, National Journal dubbed him “the most popular politician in America,” and he remains close to those lofty heights today. He has a sparkling […]
Posted inOpinion, Politics, Transportation
No MBTA fare hike until service improves
IF YOU DOUBT FOR A MINUTE that we continue to be mired in a mid-20th Century way of thinking about transportation, consider this: in a state that recently went to […]
Posted inState House News Service, Transportation
Senate, House split on T fare hike size
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE ACTIVISTS AND KEY SENATORS say a 2013 tax law capped fare hikes at the MBTA at 5 percent every two years, while a key House lawmaker […]
