The MBTA overestimated its budget deficit and could erase its argument for a controversial package of service cuts by using a less conservative outlook, according to an independent oversight panel
A majority of Massachusetts residents believe that if the MBTA sharply cuts back on services to balance its budget next year those commuting options will not return after the state’s economy fully reopens, according to a new MassINC poll.
For several months, warnings about the MBTA’s dire financial outlook have come alongside reports of low, but better-than-expected, fare revenue amid the pandemic. That streak is now over.
Baker administration transportation officials have stressed they are unlikely to reverse service cuts promptly even if the federal government makes another round of one-time emergency aid available, but the Massachusetts Senate has a different idea.
The MBTA’s proposed slimmed-down service menu for 2021 could cause indigestion for downtown Boston office landlords, discourage multifamily development near commuter rail stations and widen social inequities in accessing reliable transportation, real estate industry and economic development sources predict.
The business community and our regional economy rely on the MBTA to be safe, reliable and adequate for current riders who’ve built their lives around its service. The T’s planned cuts will not deliver this for too many in Massachusetts.
Goodbye commuter rail and hello to what I am proud to call Green Rails, an agile, leading-edge, organically-powered solution to the MBTA’s financial crisis. With the many, many market synergies and governmental efficiencies it will spawn, there’s no beating it.
When New Balance CEO Jim Davis looked out of his eighth-floor office in what was then the company’s headquarters at 20 Guest St. in Brighton and imagined the development now known as Boston Landing, did he realize just how much he would reshape Greater Boston?
The MBTA is facing an up to $600 million shortfall that means that we could be facing catastrophic service cuts and years-long delays in planned capital projects
MBTA riders will have nearly a dozen opportunities over the next month-plus to voice feedback about impending service cuts, plus complete an online survey that officials will use to help guide the inevitably unpopular decisions.
Ahead a T Board meeting on Monday, transportation activists are urging the T to slam the brakes on cuts which they fear could become permanent.
Gov. Charlie Baker gave his stamp of approval to the strategy MBTA leaders will deploy to minimize the damage from a looming fiscal year 2022 budget gap of $308 million to $577 million.
