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Healey appoints Phillip Eng as MBTA general manager

Stella Tannenbaum April 3, 2023
Gov. Maura Healey announced March 27 Phillip Eng, former president of the Long Island Rail Road, will take over as the new general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority April 10.
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Statewide fare-free bus program excludes Boston’s MBTA

George Atencio December 1, 2022
Fares will be free on buses across Massachusetts outside of Boston starting in November. The MBTA has taken strides towards a fare-free future by improving the bus map and offering a pilot program.
MBTA officials cut a ceremonial ribbon Tuesday at the newly constructed Amory Street Green Line stop. Two new Green Line stops opened on Commonwealth Avenue Monday after nine months of construction. ZOE TSENG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA opens two new Green Line stations open to BU community

Zoe Tseng November 17, 2021
Two new Green Line stations opened Monday on Comm. Avenue after nine months of construction.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s independent advisory board determined in a report that the MBTA’s proposed service cuts do not have budgetary justifications. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Report finds MBTA cuts are unnecessary

Madison Mercado December 7, 2020
The MBTA’s Forging Ahead initiative produced reduced frequency on the subway, bus and Commuter Rail as early as spring 2021. Service would end after midnight for the subway and bus and after 9 p.m. for the Commuter Rail. Ferry service would be fully suspended.
Due to COVID-19 budget constraints, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is considering eliminating weekend commuter rail service, ferry service and some bus routes.  LAURYN ALLEN/ DFP FILE

Proposed MBTA service cuts may harm commuters who rely on low-ridership lines

Samuele Petruccelli November 12, 2020
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority may eliminate weekend commuter rail service, ferry service and some bus routes to address COVID-19 budget challenges.  
A person walks past a Green Line train departing Saint Paul Street station. The MBTA announced plans Monday to consolidate four Green Line B Branch stops along Commonwealth Avenue. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DFP FILE

Plan to consolidate Comm Ave. T stops gets approval

Vanessa Kjeldsen March 25, 2020
Four T stations on the Green Line's B Branch are set to become two by 2021.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued an emergency order Sunday that prohibits gatherings of more than 25 people and requires Boston restaurants to cut their capacities in half in order to quell the spread of the coronavirus. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DFP FILE

Here’s how coronavirus is affecting operations in Boston

Angela Yang March 16, 2020
Get the rundown on what's happening with the T, food establishments and other public spaces.
The MBTA suspended operation of portions of the Orange Line for maintenance over the weekend. The shutdown will be repeated over three more weekends after 8:45 p.m. on Friday’s into mid-February. PERRY SOSI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Orange Line to suspend weekend service until mid-February

Angela Yang January 20, 2020
Commuters will not be able to take the Orange Line most weekends until Feb. 16. The closures begin Friday nights at 8:45 p.m.
The MBTA held a public meeting with a crowd of more than 100 people at the State Transportation building in downtown to oppose fare hikes Wednesday. EVELYN BERGMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA hosts public meeting regarding fair hike

Evelyn Bergman March 1, 2019
The MBTA hosted a public meeting to discuss proposed fare hikes Wednesday at the State Transportation Building in downtown, drawing a crowd of more than 100 people that included elected officials, community activists and residents.
The City of Boston has improved its use of technology and data within government service, according to a policy brief released Monday by the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. GRAPHIC BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF PHOTO BY KRISHNA SHARMA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Policy Brief highlights Boston’s data and analytics work

Sadiah Thompson April 6, 2016

The Harvard Kennedy School’s Rappaport Institute, in conjunction with the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology, the Inspectional Services Department and the Boston Fire Department,...

Appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, the five-member MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board will begin work on July 21.
PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DFP FILE PHOTO

Members appointed to MBTA board to oversee finances, management

Olivia Quintana July 17, 2015

  Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker appointed the five members to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal Management and Control Board Friday afternoon after signing the budget...

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