A majority of current and former MBTA riders have felt unsafe at one point or another while taking the T, according to a released last week.

Source: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/09/20/massinc-poll-majority-of-riders-have-felt-unsafe-on-the-t/

A new union contract between the MBTA and nearly half its workforce offers an 18% pay hike, incentives to stay at the transit agency, and targeted hiring goals for hard-to-fill positions, officials said Wednesday.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/02/new-union-contract-bumps-pay-18-for-mbta-workers-as-agency-looks-to-continue-hiring-spree/

At first, it was unclear what work the agency had performed to allow trains to resume full-speed travel, but an MBTA official told the News Service that crews spent several recent nights widening sections of the rails to address the narrowness problems.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/12/mbta-workers-widened-faulty-green-line-tracks-in-early-morning-operations/

Before the fire destroyed the company’s manufacturing plant just past Orient Heights MBTA station, New England Casket catered mostly to Jewish Orthodox families and high-profile clients.

Source: http://eastietimes.com/2023/01/25/tobia-family-files-dpir-for-former-casket-site-destroyed-by-fire/

But the governor said she does not have to experience the frustration of commuting on the MBTA herself to understand it.

Source: https://bankerandtradesman.com/mbta-gm-timeline-shifts-from-weeks-and-days-to-very-very-soon/

Eng argued the MBTA should be able to use lone workers to deal with disabled trains, hand throw a switch that is flashing out of correspondence, or for a dropped track circuit, among other things.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/23/feds-blast-mbta-for-using-lone-workers-with-ban-in-place-threaten-to-strip-funding/

Gov. Maura Healey has responded to the news that five high paid managers were working for the MBTA while outside the Bay State’s borders by firing one and ordering the remaining four to report for in-person duties at least three days a week.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/30/mbta-needs-all-hands-on-deck-board-chief-says-of-remote-boss-revelations/

Healey has remained largely mum on the search for a new MBTA general manager, since announcing late last month that she had hired K&A to conduct a “worldwide” hunt.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/01/11/wanted-experienced-mbta-gm-with-strong-commitment-to-safety/

Healey is conducting an international search for a new MBTA general manager.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/02/maura-healey-working-expeditiously-to-hire-mbta-gm/

“He has ushered in a new era of transparency and communication at the MBTA that I know that Phil Eng will continue to build on.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/27/healey-appoints-phillip-eng-to-lead-embattled-mbta/

If you want to ease the congestion on Boston streets, you have to start by getting the MBTA up to speed.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/01/27/editorial-fix-the-t-to-ease-boston-congestion/

In what has felt like an unbreakable pattern, the troubles at the MBTA continued in 2023 as federal oversight of the agency remained and disruption to commuters persisted.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/31/massachusetts-politics-saw-everything-from-alleged-political-corruption-to-shelters-bursting-at-the-brim/

MBTA engineering consultants have removed around 187 tiles from Harvard Station, according to a tweet posted by the MBTA Friday.

Source: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/03/19/t-offers-update-on-ceiling-tile-replacements-after-near-miss-at-harvard-station/

MBTA engineering consultants have removed around 187 tiles from Harvard Station, according to a tweet posted by the MBTA Friday.

Source: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/03/19/t-offers-update-on-ceiling-tile-replacements-after-near-miss-at-harvard-station/

Once the full cap is lifted, the MBTA estimates 16% of the Green Line will remain covered in so-called block speed restrictions, defined by the agency as a length of track that includes multiple defects that need to be investigated or mitigated.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/18/mbta-to-keep-green-line-speeds-capped-at-25-mph-at-least-through-saturday/

Robert Counihan, district chief of the Boston Fire Department, said, with the help of the MBTA, the Boston Fire Department was able to jack up the train and get the woman out.

Source: https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/01/30/woman-trapped-under-green-line-at-boston-university-central-friday-night/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=woman-trapped-under-green-line-at-boston-university-central-friday-night

She recently announced the hiring of Phillip Eng, a former top executive at New York’s transit authority and president of the Long Island Railroad, to lead and reform the troubled MBTA.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/05/90-days-in-maura-healey-takes-on-the-t-but-otherwise-remains-cautious/

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio plans to review MBTA safety and performance.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/02/state-auditor-to-probe-safety-performance-of-mbta/

Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald Gov. Maura Healey speaks at Cabot Yard in Boston during a press conference to announce a new union contract between the MBTA and the Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/08/02/new-union-contract-bumps-pay-18-for-mbta-workers-as-agency-looks-to-continue-hiring-spree/

The contracts have a ceiling of $72 million, but no set amount of spending is guaranteed, MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo explained in an email.

Source: https://digboston.com/state-of-good-repair-mbta-solicits-more-contractors-to-help-fix-the-mess/