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A new report says the T’s spending is ‘unsustainable.’ Phil Eng says recent expenditures have been worth it.
MBTA General Manager Philip Eng called the report “disgusting” because it failed to acknowledge “the amount of work performed ...
Downed cable that caused Blue Line evacuation was more than 50 years old, official says
The 50- to 60-year-old steel cable probably “weakened until the point where it came down” after decades in a damp, ...
MBTA board gets an earful over White Stadium transportation proposal
Concerned residents are encouraging the MBTA to pump the brakes on a plan to eventually use agency properties to move people ...
Study shows MBTA costs way up since spending control board disbanded
The cost of running the MBTA has climbed dramatically since the phase out of the agency’s Fiscal and Management Control Board ...
The Boston Globe1mon
15-year-old charged with allegedly assaulting, ‘brandishing knife ...
A 15-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with throwing a lighter and brandishing a knife at an MBTA bus driver while carrying a high-capacity gun in his backpack, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin ...
The Lowell Sun2mon
Editorial: Stake MBTA’s fare-free bus bid with surtax cash
Like a high-stakes poker player, the MBTA wants to go all in. But only if it has the chips to make this calculated gamble work. If the MBTA wants to increase the number of fare-free bus routes, the… ...