The governor’s pursuit of a second term, with Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll on board once again, comes “with a commitment to improve the lives of all Massachusetts families, lower costs, and stand up to the Trump Administration’s harms,” Healey’s campaign said.
Last year, state leaders set specific priorities and followed through. But as we begin 2026, we should not confuse incremental progress for long-term success.
Everett’s new mayor is standing behind a deal his predecessor clinched just hours before leaving office, letting a pair of hotels and new transit infrastructure move forward.
Last week, commuter rail passengers started to have to tap or scan their train tickets to enter the track area at South Station, as the MBTA began a major change in fare collection operations.
The MBTA is experiencing “a monumental comeback story” in the eyes of its leadership, as safety and ridership statistics continue to improve despite delays in new train deliveries.
The Massachusetts House last week gave initial approval to studying extending the MBTA’s Orange Line south to Roslindale Village, which would bring core train service to areas seeing new housing investments.
Sustaining the MBTA’s progress, according to several current and former state transit leaders, is going to require new sources of revenue, particularly with future federal funding uncertain.
Greater Boston’s economy is still struggling to regain its footing across many post-pandemic indicators but one success story is quietly driving the recovery: Massport.
You don’t have to read between the lines too closely to see the more constrained approach MBTA officials want to take to construction projects and big-ticket maintenance in the near future in its capital investment plan.
Gov. Maura Healey office said Tibbits-Nutt “plans to return to private industry,” but the departure comes amid allegations of misconduct in a failed effort to pick a new state rest-stop operator.
Before a national audience of transit leaders on Monday, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll offered an optimistic rebranding of Massachusetts’ troubled public transit systems.
The next big transportation funding bill is beginning to take shape at the federal level, and Massachusetts needs to be strategic.
Scofflaws take notice: The MBTA announced Thursday it will launch a renewed effort to collect subway fares with written warnings and fines of up to $150 early next month.
Nine years after pulling the plug on a prior weekend late-night service program, the MBTA this month will begin running all subways and several popular bus routes about an hour longer into the night.
The head of the MBTA is “very confident” the Chinese manufacturer building new Red and Orange Line trains will be able to fulfill federal requests for information that have reportedly delayed delivery of new cars to the United States.
This is a real setback for this once-in-a-generation opportunity. But it’s far from the final chapter – and we still have hundreds of millions of dollars to work with.
The bill’s likely harms to Bay Staters who rely on healthcare and food assistance are well known. But it will also make it harder to make the investments we need to secure Massachusetts’ future.
MBTA overseers on Tuesday unanimously approved the latest five-year plan to invest in systemwide improvements, embracing a $9.8 billion roadmap that one watchdog group called a “nuts and bolts” approach.
Beacon Hill is immersed in debate over how many more millions of dollars to devote to the MBTA, but transit services outside of the T region are absorbed in their own challenges they must face with even less funding.
