Almost one year into Phil Eng’s stint as both MBTA general manager and interim MassDOT secretary, the Healey administration will not say if there is an active search for a replacement for either role.
Gov. Maura Healey signed a transportation bill Thursday that delivers $300 million in annual aid for municipal road and bridge work while authorizing another $1.1 billion in borrowing and creating $3.2 billion in new flexibility to borrow for projects approved in 2022.
Under pressure from the Baker administration, the T slashed spending only to cause huge safety problems. With that crisis behind it, the T and Beacon Hill are taking a different approach to transit resources.
Rather than chasing every new trend, Massachusetts state government should continue investing in the foundations that drive our prosperity.
House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday on a $1.56 billion spending package that strikes a middle ground on the distribution of income surtax funds for education and transportation.
The expected flood of international visitors unfamiliar with its system is accelerating the T’s efforts to make the network easier to navigate for everyone.
E-bikes, e-scooters and other micromobility devices are here to stay, so Massachusetts law must evolve to regulate them effectively.
Greater Boston doesn’t have a land shortage or a capital shortage. It has a shortage of sites where development actually pencils. And that’s fundamentally a transit problem.
A new MBTA locomotive procurement is drawing pushback from transit advocates, who warned Thursday that it could undercut long-term rail modernization goals.
Connecting Greater Boston’s “eds and meds” hubs with a rapid bus line would be explored under a budget amendment adopted by the House on Tuesday night.
Major transit improvements may be on the horizon in Springfield, according to Meredith Slesinger, rail and transit administrator for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
A $1.2 billion project to replace a Depression-era drawbridge in the heart of Boston’s commuter rail network will be completed under the terms of a newly signed project labor agreement.
If the transit system is not currently broken, can the MBTA still convince legislators to provide increased state budget support?
The MBTA restored full service two days after a February blizzard, with General Manager Phil Eng crediting hard lessons from January’s storm.
The surge in state dollars that fueled the MBTA’s recovery leaves the it more reliant than ever on Beacon Hill to hold on to its service gains and make further improvements.
The Healey administration is on the record as fans of the book “Abundance,” and the movement it spawned. A look in the weeds of transportation issues shows the fruits.
A little more than a month after they first went into use, the fare gates at South Station are now covered with tarps and shrink wrap.
At first blush, the latest budget crunch forecast at the MBTA looks like déjà vu all over again, to borrow Yogi Berra’s famous phrasing.
Business leaders in Massachusetts are starting to call attention to the impending expiration of federal transportation funding, and urging the Legislature to act this spring.
The manufacturer under contract to build the MBTA’s new Red Line fleet will furlough nearly half its workforce in Massachusetts this spring as subway car shells from China remain detained at U.S. ports.
