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Boston’s Transit System Finds Itself in a Funding Crisis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Boston’s Transit System Finds Itself in a Funding Crisis

Bloomberg  

00:00 "BALANCE OF POWER" AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. EVERY MAJOR CITY WITH MASS TRANSPORTATION HAS ITS LOW POINTS, BUT THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IN BOSTON IS ON AND UNPRECEDENTED STRUGGLE MUST OF ITS OWN -- UNPRECEDENTED STRUGGLE BUS OF ITS OWN. WE HAVE OUR OWN ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO MASS TRANSIT, BUT TALK ABOUT WHAT IS UNIQUE TO …

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Police Arrest Teen In Connection With Racist Attack On Boston Train
1 year, 3 months ago

Police Arrest Teen In Connection With Racist Attack On Boston Train

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Boston transit police said Wednesday that they arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with an incident involving a group of youths racially harassing an Asian American passenger on the city’s subway last month. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police confirmed the arrest on Twitter, saying the teen could face charges of unarmed assault for the purposes …

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Boston area’s troubled public transit agency gets a new boss
1 year, 9 months ago

Boston area’s troubled public transit agency gets a new boss

Associated Press  

Phillip Eng, an engineer with decades of experience running public transit systems, has been named the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Boston area’s troubled public transit agency, Gov. Eng, the former president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Rail Road and one-time interim President of New York City Transit, was most recently executive vice president …

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Federal transit agency orders improvements to Boston system
2 years, 6 months ago

Federal transit agency orders improvements to Boston system

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Federal transportation officials issued a series of orders to the Boston area’s troubled public transit agency Wednesday to address what they called “longstanding issues” with the system’s “overall safety program and safety culture.” The Federal Transit Administration’s four “ special directives ” require the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to better staff its operations control center; improve track maintainance; …

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The Problem With Free Transit
55 years ago

The Problem With Free Transit

Slate  

The board of L.A. Metro, which runs the buses and subways in Los Angeles County, met on Thursday to consider a radical idea: making transit free. “I’ve heard people describe the free fare movement as being a movement for free, terrible service, and that’s how the trade-off ends up working if you expect this to happen inside the budget of …

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Trump Rule All But Encourages Industry To Kill Birds
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump Rule All But Encourages Industry To Kill Birds

Huff Post  

In April 2018, a pipeline belonging to Texas-based petroleum company Andeavor ruptured near the small town of Buhl, Idaho, spilling about 7,000 gallons of diesel fuel across an area the size of five football fields, much of it ending up in a small creek and a pond used for livestock. Staff Photographer / Reuters A few days after the Andeavor …

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