• public transit November 17, 2023 8:11 pm

    Fare hike? Gas tax? How can Mass. pay for $24.5B in MBTA repairs?

    The sticker shock is setting in after the MBTA announced it needs $24.5 billion to fix the system. The question now is how Massachusetts is going to pay for it. MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng said fare hikes are off the table, but the executive director of the MBTA’s Advisory Board, Brian Kane, said taxpayers will end up footing the…

  • public transit November 17, 2023 7:47 am

    The billions it will take to repair the MBTA, by the numbers

    If you want a fully functioning MBTA, it will cost you — a lot, according to the agency. The T on Thursday put the price tag for all the necessary repairs at about $24.5 billion. That’s more than the final cost of the Big Dig, adjusted for inflation. The capital needs assessment is what it would cost to bring the…

  • mbta October 26, 2022 10:39 am

    Low-Speed Orange Line Trips Will Extend Into December

    Some speed restrictions on the Orange Line that have befuddled riders and slowed trips will stay in place into December, more than two months after the MBTA completed a 30-day end-to-end shutdown aimed at fixing those issues, the agency disclosed Tuesday. Most remaining slow zones on the Orange Line, particularly stretches north of downtown Boston, are “scheduled to be lifted…

  • mbta October 25, 2022 5:48 pm

    MBTA Green Line Service Restored Downtown Boston After Power Problems

    MBTA Green Line service has been restored in downtown Boston after a power problem caused a suspension durig the evening rush hour, the agency said Tuesday. Service was temporarily suspended between Haymarket and Park Street. Riders can use the Orange Line from North Station or Haymarket to get through downtown. An MBTA spokesperson confirmed as of 5:45 p.m. that service…

  • NYC Subway October 25, 2022 10:14 am

    NYC Subway Rider Racing for Rush Hour Train Dragged to Death in Freak Accident

    A man died after his clothes got stuck in the door of a subway train he was racing to catch, which then dragged him onto the tracks in Manhattan, police said.

  • mbta October 6, 2022 6:39 pm

    Some Orange Line Slow Zones Still in Place Two Weeks After Shutdown

    Frustrations on the Orange Line remain with slowdowns still in place two weeks after the historic shutdown ended with promises of faster, more efficient services. “It’s slightly been improved. I mean there are parts where it goes slower and it can get annoying. You can miss your bus or get late to class or work,” one passenger said. The...

  • mbta September 28, 2022 12:18 pm

    MBTA Hopes to Lift Remaining Orange Line Slow Zones In Coming Days

    The slow zones on the MBTA’s Orange Line should soon be a thing of the past, the agency said Wednesday. During the recent 30-day shutdown, one of the MBTA’s goals was to get rid of six slow zones on the track – at Jackson Square and Stony Brook, State and Downtown Crossing, Tufts Medical Center and Back Bay, Community...

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