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Christian MilNeil

A chart titled "MBTA bus driver hiring trends since 2023" with 5 columns representing five dates since Jan. 2023. Each column is split into a tan section representing "active headcount" and a smaller red section representing "inactive or vacant positions." The leftmost column for August 24, 2023 shows 1,450 active drivers, 166 inactive drivers, and 307 vacant positions. The rightmost column for June 24, 2025 shows 1,659 active drivers, and 165 vacant positions. Among the columns in between, the tan segments for "active headcount" grow slowly, to 1,452 in Dec. 2023, to 1,505 in May 2024, to 1,571 in Oct. 2024, while the gray bars for "vacant positions" correspondingly shrink by similar amounts.

MBTA

The T’s Bus Driver Shortage Is Easing, But Increasing Traffic Is Delaying Benefits

A smiling black woman with long braided hair wearing a black-and-yellow plaid patterned sweater

Meghan Volcy

A group of people hold handmade signs at a public rally advocating for public transit funding. Signs read "FUND TRANSIT NOW!" "TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL!" and "Don’t leave us STRANDED! Save transit."

Equity

Black Transportation Justice: How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World

Three young black people standing in front of a row of parked bicycles. The woman in the center is wearing a blue t-shirt and glasses and holding a microphone in one hand and raising her other hand high.

Black Transportation Justice Boston Spotlight: Mattapan Food and Fitness

A group of Black women in white dresses standing on the street, holding banners for the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

Black Transportation Justice: A Closer Look at Intersectional Labor Movements

A bronze statue of A. Philip Randolph seated with one leg crossed over the other, holding a book. This statue is located inside Boston’s Back Bay Station.

labor

The T’s Bus Driver Shortage Is Easing, But Increasing Traffic Is Delaying Benefits

Black Transportation Justice: How Mobility Affects Housing, Health, and Freedom in a Modern World

Black Transportation Justice Boston Spotlight: Mattapan Food and Fitness

Black Transportation Justice: A Closer Look at Intersectional Labor Movements

Black Transportation Justice Boston Spotlight: Public Transit Public Good

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