The commuter rail system sees 550,000 weekly passengers and the MBTA officials want to see even higher numbers, part of an effort to ease traffic congestion by making the commuter rail a more attractive alternative.
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Posted inState Government, Transportation
2 lawmakers urge Healey to focus now on next commuter rail contract
TWO KEY state lawmakers are urging Gov. Maura Healey to set in motion now the process for selecting the next operator of the state’s commuter rail system even though the contract with the current operator has another three years to run. In a letter sent to Healey on Monday, the House and Senate chairs of the […]
Posted inTransportation
MBTA misses capital spending mark
THE MBTA, WHICH has struggled to spend money to bring the system up to a state of good repair, will increase expenditures on capital projects to update the system but will still fall tens of millions short in meeting its target of $750 million. Joanna Aalto, head of the T’s capital program oversight, said the […]
Posted inTransportation
Patriots set another record
SANDWICHED BY BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK winter storms, commuter rail officials had one more challenge to deal with last week: The highest one-day ridership in the history of the service with fans coming into Boston for the New England Patriots Super Bowl parade. MBTA Acting General Manager Brian Shorstsleeve told an informal meeting of the oversight board on […]
Posted inState House News Service, The Download
Things that go bump in the night
When it comes to the MBTA and commuter rail, transparency, apparently, is a subjective term. The transit agency and its commuter rail operator Keolis are dealing with the fallout from an unreported accident at South Station earlier this month. Not only did the crew of the commuter train that struck a bunter at the terminal fail […]