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MBTA Board Updates: FTA Safety Directives, Hiring Challenges, and More Buses

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Lawmakers Slam MBTA’s Lack of Transparency: ‘Riders Will Never Come Back if They Can’t Trust the Information They’re Getting’

<p>Sam Mintz is currently the editor of <a href="https://brookline.news/">Brookline.News</a>, a nonprofit news website covering the Town of Brookline. Before moving back to the Boston area in 2021, Sam spent five years in D.C. covering Congress and federal agencies for Politico and E&amp;E News.</p>


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Mass. Senate Revives Low-Income Fare Legislation

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T Considers Battery-Equipped Trains to Accelerate Rail Electrification Plans

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Guest Column: What if We Held Transit and Traffic to the Same Safety Standards?

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Slower Than Walking: Downtown Gridlock Bogs Down the T’s Subway Replacement Shuttles

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MBTA Closes Downtown Segments of Orange, Green Lines

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MBTA Announces Significant Subway Service Cuts to Address Safety Hazards

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Federal Safety Inspectors to Require Better Track Maintenance, Stronger Oversight At the T