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MBTA about to lift subways’ last speed restrictions

The speed restrictions that have plagued the MBTA for more than a year and a half should be gone by next month, and agency leaders will then turn their attention toward similarly important -- but less disruptive -- work...

Boston Mayor Wu’s top aide has ties to private company eyed as city public transit operator

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s top aide has a personal stake in the company the city could hire as a public transit operator, as part of a federal grant that seeks to advance its plans to reduce congestion by getting...

Largest MBTA Communities project in Mass. proposed off I-495

ZOM Living is pursuing a plan to build 530 apartments on what is now an industrial site in Westford, the largest project under the MBTA Communities zoning law to date statewide. The project’s scale matches Westford’s openness to the law....

Derailed Green Line train going 36 mph in 10 mph zone, NTSB says

CAMBRIDGE - The Green Line train that derailed at the beginning of October was going 36 mph in a 10 mph zone, the National Transportation Safety Board says.Green line train derailedThe preliminary investigation by the NTSB showed that the...

Boston’s Broke and Broken Transit System Hurts Downtown Recovery

(Bloomberg) -- Briah Cooley typically takes public transit to her job at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston — if the train actually shows up.Most Read from BloombergAhead of her commute on a sweltering July morning, a maintenance vehicle derailed,...

Long haul: MBTA driver awarded world record for oldest train operator

If you've ridden the Blue Line in the last three decades, there's a chance you've taken a ride with a record-setter. Helen Antenucci, 81, has been operating trains in Boston since 1995. She was officially named the Guinness World Record's...

“T: An MBTA Musical” is a comedic “love letter” to Boston’s transportation system

SOMERVILLE - Is the MBTA a villain? That's the question "T: An MBTA Musical" poses.MBTA musical returnsThe production first staged in Boston in 2011, returns this month for a three-week run.Composer and lyricist Melissa Carbuia came up with the...

MBTA General Manager Phil Eng finishes first year on the job. So how’s he doing?

BOSTON - MBTA General Manager Phil Eng was all smiles as he greeted workers and riders on his first day at work on April 9, 2023.And he was accentuating the positive during an anniversary Zoom with the MBTA Advisory...

MBTA admits power outage on Green, Blue and Orange lines caused by its own equipment

By Chris Lisinski, State House News ServiceSTATE HOUSE, BOSTON, Feb. 21, 2014 (State House News Service) - A "failed joint" in a feeder cable caused last week's power outage that upended the morning commute on three of the MBTA's...
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Boston Logan Celebrates Record Air Travel, Gives Out Free Tickets | WBZ NewsRadio 1030

BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — It’s safe to say Logan Airport did not see many empty seats on the tarmac...
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