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MBTA

T Reacts to Ongoing Driver Shortage With More Bus Service Cuts

Bar chart illustrating monthly bus driver active headcounts and vacancies since January. The number of vacancies increased slightly in the months Jan. to March but decreased slightly in May.

Transit

MBTA News Briefs: Finally Some Better News on Bus Driver Hiring

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Christian MilNeil

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Advocacy Opportunities

State House Transportation Committee Discusses Bills Regarding East-West Rail, T Oversight

Elections and Politics

The T’s New 5-Year Capital Budget Puts Climate Progress In A Slow Zone

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Are We Feeling Safe Yet? Falling Utility Box at Harvard Station Contained Forgotten Homeland Security Surveillance Equipment

Gov. Maura Healey (left), with MassDOT Undersecretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt, MassDOT Secretary Gina Fiandaca (at podium), and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll (right) at an MBTA press conference in the T's Operations Control Center in downtown Boston on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.

Gov. Healey Shakes Up MBTA Board, Replacing Three Baker Nominees

Featured Reader Comment: The T’s Boss Got A Big Pay Raise; What About Bus Drivers?

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An Evening Cruise With Phillip Eng, the MBTA’s New Boss

A bus rider pays their fare with their phone during a test of the T's new fare system on an MBTA bus in downtown Boston in January 2021.

Equity

The T’s ‘Fare Transformation’ Project Is Transforming Into A Boondoggle

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Former Long Island Transit Boss Phillip Eng Will Be T’s Next General Manager

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