MBTA officials say fare collection efforts are being stepped up on the commuter rail system, but the loss of revenue remains a problem, with a quarter of fares not being collected on trains operating out of South Station.
A veteran MBTA leader will soon end his tenure chairing the agency’s board, and a former co-chair of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee will step into the role at a pivotal point.
The MBTA Board voted unanimously Thursday to extend the contract for the commuter rail network’s operator for one year to mid-2027 to give agency staff more time to work.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has named a senior advisor to a nonprofit focused on climate change and an “equitable energy transition” in Massachusetts to be her representative on the MBTA’s board of directors.
In a sharp break from their predecessors, Gov. Maura Healey’s recently tapped MBTA directors peppered agency officials with questions Thursday about budget woes and safety initiatives as they strive to get up to speed on the agency’s inner workings.
Following months of calls from transit advocates to replace members of the MBTA board of directors, Gov. Maura Healey announced early Friday morning that she was replacing the board’s chair and two others appointed by former Gov. Charlie Baker.
Transforming the organization will require new leadership, a new culture and new funding plans. Each of these changes can begin right now.
The head of the MBTA’s oversight board came under strong criticism from one of the state’s top business leaders for declaring that the transit service’s still-low ridership levels represent a “new normal”
Instead of a dispatcher shortage hobbling efforts to run MBTA subway trains at normal frequencies, it’s now a lack of train operators doing so, T officials say.
Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday named developer Chanda Smart to serve on the MBTA Board, making one of his final appointments as he prepares to leave office on Thursday.
A legislative effort to expand the MBTA’s board of directors with additional municipal representation seemed to get lost in the shuffle during the Sunday-Monday marathon legislative session.
Signing his eighth and final budget as the state’s chief executive, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday agreed to a major increase in state spending and asked legislators to tweak an order a study of no-fault evictions and an expansion of the MBTA’s board.
The MBTA’s oversight board received a stark warning Thursday morning: Without more state transit funding, plans to build thousands of new homes near train stations will be in peril.
With a federal safety investigation underway, the legislature must first fix the MBTA’s operating budget deficit so safe operations can be funded without service cuts. Next, it must provide accountability where the current MBTA board has failed.
JLL executive Travis McCready has spent much of his career focused on advancing tech-based innovation ecosystems. Now, as a member of the MBTA’s new governing board, he will help oversee the transit infrastructure that underpins them.
A new board of directors is now in place at the MBTA, and we will soon learn if this means a new direction for public transit in this region. They should focus on implementing the FMCB’s ideas rather than any attempts to revisit the debates of the past few years.
Leaving many of its substantial short-term decisions to a later date, a new MBTA governing body took its first steps Wednesday toward reviving dedicated oversight of the agency and navigating the numerous pitfalls exacerbated by COVID-19.
Transit advocates are giving Gov. Charlie Baker’s belated picks for the MBTA’s new board generally positive marks while sounding a note of caution about the tasks ahead.
Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday announced his selections to serve on a new MBTA Board of Directors, naming the final five members that will allow the panel to launch its work months after the T’s previous governing board expired.
It’s been over a month since Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill creating a new MBTA governing board, yet we’re still without one. With a slate of pressing issues on the T’s plate, there isn’t any time to waste.
