BOSTON — The MBTA is taking its first significant step towards offering realtime information on where its buses are, and when they’ll get to the next stop.
BOSTON — An MBTA driver has been suspended and is facing termination after being caught sending a text message while operating a Green Line trolley.
BOSTON — As attorney general, Martha Coakley has made many decisions that affect citizens in the commonwealth. But the one with the most breadth of coverage and potential impact is one you don’t hear her talk about on the campaign trail: choosing to settle the criminal case against the contractors of the big dig for $458 million, instead of going to trial.
Just 27 seconds. That’s all the time MBTA Orange Line operator Charise Lewis had to stop her train. As MBTA security camera images released Friday show, Lewis had just seconds to pull the emergency brake as she headed into North Station to avoid hitting a woman who had fallen on the track.
A Belmont High School student was killed by a commuter train on the tracks behind the school Thursday afternoon.
Boston University researchers who studied how many alcohol ads young people see on the MBTA on a typical day are calling for a ban on alcohol advertising on the T.
A sweeping review of MBTA finances found the largest transportation provider in Massachusetts has relied on an overly optimistic and unsustainable financing model that now is compromising safety because it cannot fund critical maintenance and equipment replacements.
Controversy and criticism greeted the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation as it opened its doors Sunday. It is widely hailed as one of the largest governmental reorganizations undertaken by the state in the past 50 years.
The line-up of candidates is growing for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward M. Kennedy, who served Massachusetts for nearly five decades. Read up on each candidate.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Gov. Deval Patrick is preparing to lay off anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 state workers before the end of the year. The cuts come as the state grapples with another surprise budget deficit. This time, Patrick has to plug a $600 million hole in the budget.
BOSTON — After being ousted from his post in August, the former head of the embattled MBTA will join the non-partisan think tank MassINC as a senior fellow for public policy.
BOSTON — Officials say a power outage at Logan International Airport caused flight delays and some cancellations and temporarily required baggage to be checked by hand at security checkpoints.
BOSTON — A massive restructuring of the state’s transportation agencies is on track to reach a major milestone next month. The new Massachusetts Department of Transportation will officially launch on Nov. 1, according to Jeffrey Mullan, the incoming state transportation secretary. But major concerns over labor unions remain.
BOSTON — Boston isn’t known as the most bicycle-friendly city. It’s been ranked not once, not twice, but three times as one of the worst places in the country to ride a bike. But now the city is trying to change its reputation. And it plans to do that by — guess what? — putting more bikes on the city’s streets.
MIAMI — A threatening note forced a Boston-bound airplane to return to a Miami airport about 40 minutes after takeoff, but nothing suspicious was found.
