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  • People pass through the fare gates in a subway station with construction fencing visible in the background. On the left edge of the photo is a woman in sunglasses and a blue shirt supervising the fare gates. On her sleeve is a yellow badge that reads "T Fare Engagement Team – Fairness, Equity" with icons of a bus and a train.
    MBTA’s $2.4 Million Fare Enforcement Team Issued 117 Warnings, Zero Fines During Its First 11 Months
    by Christian MilNeil
    August 18, 2026
    Station data suggest that the mere presence of civilian fare enforcement agents contributed to a small increase in fare gate payments last year.
  • Zen and the Art of Tuesday’s Headlines
    by The Editorial Team
    August 18, 2026
    People need to stop crashing out about the menace posed by electric motorcycles, The Guardian reports.
  • A middle-aged Asian man in a suit and tie looks into the setting sun with the Boston Harbor behind him.
    Phil Eng’s Professional Derailment Costs the T An Experienced Leader, Plus a $495K Settlement
    by Christian MilNeil
    August 17, 2026
    MBTA General Manager Phil Eng is forcing the MBTA to lose an experienced member of its leadership team and pay a $495,000 settlement nearly two years after he pulled his colleague’s hair at a 2024 dinner.
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