StreetsblogMASS headlines for Tue. Aug. 18

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

Jaime Moore-Carrillo

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

Christian MilNeil

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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Zen and the Art of Tuesday’s Headlines

Blake Aued

People need to stop crashing out about the menace posed by electric motorcycles, The Guardian reports.

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