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A Rider’s Guide to the MBTA’s Looming Financial Crisis

The agency needs $700 million in new state funding to avoid draconian service cuts next year. Governor Healey promises "we're not going back, we're full steam ahead."

August 23, 2024

Declining Infrastructure Funding From Healey Admin. Puts T’s ‘State of Good Repair’ Further Out of Reach

In spite of inflation and growing maintenance backlogs, the T is facing a bleak future of dwindling infrastructure funding from the Healey administration.

June 12, 2024

Electric Backslide: Massachusetts On Track to Miss Its EV Goals By A Wide Margin

As of January 2024, there were only 66,000 zero-emission cars registered in Massachusetts, even though the state's climate roadmap relies on Bay State drivers buying 200,000 by 2025.

May 14, 2024