Poorly trained staff, a breakdown of communication between T leaders and employees, and missing documentation of inspections are among the reasons the MBTA’s tracks have deteriorated to the point where it is not safe for trains to operate at full speeds, according to a new report.
Around 50 percent of the Cape and Islands’ workers travel over the bridges to come to work, Rep. Dylan Fernandes said: “Anything we can do to have fewer cars on the Cape gives residents more transportation options to choose from.”
A year after MBTA officials closed the Lynn commuter rail station without a plan for a temporary station in place, construction is due to start on platforms that will resume rail service to the city.
Data shows Boston commuters ditched the drive for mass transit this summer. Massachusetts can learn from the experience and try to make those choices permanent.
The Chinese firm responsible for building new MBTA trains is still crafting an updated schedule for the project after multiple delays, and T officials appear pleased with how well the vehicles have been performing lately.
Dorchester’s mass transit backbone, the Ashmont Branch of the MBTA’s Red Line, will close for over two weeks in October as the transit agency struggles to contain deteriorating track conditions.
Leaders of the South End Forum, which represents neighborhood associations in Boston’s South End, and the Newmarket Business Improvement District unveiled a proposal that would stand up dozens of temporary cabins that could support residents through various steps of recovery.
A slew of recent good news coming out of the MBTA should give the state’s business leaders confidence the agency is on the mend. But huge challenges still loom that need immediate attention.
MBTA officials are making some progress in their campaign to staff up, but it’s still not clear when the agency will hit the levels needed to fully restore all weekday subway service from the cuts that have persisted for more than a year.
State legislators’ vote last week to send nearly $300 million from the Fair Share Amendment tax to public transit agencies is a step in the right direction, but two vital, additional steps must be taken in the coming years.
Leave it to the local press to miss the significance of the first big management move by new T chief Phillip Eng. His new hires aren’t cronies, and they’re not “reinforcements,” either.
The main union representing MBTA workers plans to announce a new contract with the agency Wednesday aimed at taking a bite out of the agency’s employee retention crisis.
Facing a long list of necessary safety, service and reliability improvements, the MBTA general manager is bringing in former colleagues from his time turning around the Long Island Rail Road.
Massachusetts would stand up a new agency, empowered with subpoena power and other regulatory muscle, to oversee public transit safety under a bill that has cleared the Joint Committee on Transportation.
For Red Line commuters who have suffered through months of slow zones and more than a year of service cuts, an eight-minute trip from Harvard Square to Park Street might sound like a pipedream. But that wasn’t always the case.
Gov. Maura Healey’s new appointments to MBTA management and board placed the right talent at the agency. Now, it is imperative to harness their expertise and ideas for reshaping the MBTA into a modern transportation system.
Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday turned back the clock and named a group of veterans of state transportation issues to help move Massachusetts beyond the congested highways, bottlenecked intersections and slow train rides that it’s become known for.
Top MBTA officials told lawmakers they are optimistic about their progress addressing woes across the system, but when it came to some of the biggest questions facing the agency, they had little to share.
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s the latest edition of Banker & Tradesman’s Personnel File.
The new head of state transportation safety thinks the T is “in a better place” than another major East Coast transit agency that suffered a safety meltdown, but it still has a lot of work to do.
