A subway train that derailed near Boston earlier this month had entered a 10 mph zone traveling at 36 mph, according to an initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Wednesday.
Advocates took the opportunity to up pressure on legislators and the governor to refocus on the transit system.
Shuttle buses will replace a stretch of Orange Line train service for the next three weeks while MBTA crews replace a track switch damaged during a Tuesday derailment, and all new trains on the Orange and Red Lines will be taken out of service for an investigation, the T announced.
Why is there no fire in the bellies of our elected leaders to put in place fixes for our biggest problems? My suspicion: There is no better place to live in the world than Greater Boston, provided you have money.
The MBTA will develop a formal plan over the next few months to address deficiencies in safety culture highlighted by an independent panel of experts, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak said Monday.
The state’s biggest mass transit agency will be known by a different letter for a little while.
House and Senate leaders broke a weeks-long impasse over a large surplus spending bill, cutting a deal that dropped a controversial corporate tax change and trimming down Gov. Charlie Baker’s $50 million request to fund more MBTA repairs and safety inspections.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Monday evening questioned whether the $50 million for the MBTA hung up in a legislative dispute would be put toward safety as he used a damning report released on the safety culture at the transit agency as a opportunity to make his case for new revenue.
Five days after a train derailed while approaching JFK-UMass station on the Red Line, the MBTA on Sunday said it has resumed seamless service to Quincy and Braintree stops but asked customers to build an extra 20 minutes into their planned travel times as they begin another work week.
Gov. Charlie Baker’s and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s responses to the pair of MBTA derailments last week suggest both men still lack adequate plans to deal with the system’s biggest challenges.
