MBTAOur ongoing coverage of Boston's public transit system, the oldest in the nation. Passengers walk through tunnel after Green Line problemMore than 100 Green Line passengers had to be escorted on foot through a subway tunnel on Thursday night when three trains became stuck because of a signal problem, officials...Local CoverageJan 27, 2023U.S. Sen. Warren demands answers from Mass. regulators about MBTA safety oversightWarren pressed Massachusetts safety regulators on their plans to increase oversight of the troubled MBTA, which has been dogged by collisions, derailments, deaths and injuries.Local CoverageJan 13, 2023Advertisement As the T missed safety investigation deadlines, state regulators failed to actFederal officials say the DPU must use its enforcement power to keep the T safe. Public records show the DPU has routinely allowed the T to miss deadlines, and has...PlayInvestigations03:47Jan 12, 2023Trolley driver acquitted of negligence during 2021 Green Line collisionA jury has acquitted a MBTA Green Line driver of any wrongdoing stemming from a 2021 crash, when the trolley he was operating slammed into another in front of him....Local CoverageJan 11, 2023In final report, feds fault driver, overdue safety features in deadly 2021 Green Line crashMBTA leaders said following the 2021 crash they would accelerate the project timeline and bring the Green Line Protection Project online by 2023, but the NTSB said in its report...Local CoverageJan 5, 2023Gonneville returning to interim MBTA GM roleThe Baker administration announced Thursday that Gonneville will step into the top role on a temporary basis on Jan. 4, 2023, one day after General Manager Steve Poftak departs and...Local CoverageDec 23, 2022Hundreds hop on the new MBTA's long awaited Green Line Medford extensionAfter decades of planning, the new GLX branch opened with five new stations Monday. Commuters packed into trains and celebrated the line going as far as Tufts University.Local CoverageDec 12, 2022Green Line Extension to Medford set to open after years of delaysThe $2.3 billion project was originally supposed to be completed in 2014. The five new stations stretching up through Medford are scheduled to open on Monday.PlayLocal Coverage02:46Dec 8, 2022Here's the new bus route approved by MBTA board of directorsThe MBTA's board of directors unanimously approved a suite of service modifications, collectively referred to as the Bus Network Redesign project, contingent upon an equity analysis that officials say will...Local CoverageNov 18, 2022Slow zones remain on MBTA, more than a month after Orange Line shutdownThe MBTA says service is mostly back to normal after lengthy shutdowns of the Orange and Green lines, but some slow zones remain. One bright spot: Passengers really like the...PlayLocal Coverage03:55Nov 14, 2022MBTA head will step down at beginning of yearAs WBUR’s Simon Rios reports, Poftak's tenure was turbulent on a number of fronts.PlayLocal Coverage03:00Nov 2, 2022Orange Line slow zones will remain until at least December, MBTA saysSome speed restrictions on the Orange Line that have befuddled riders and slowed trips will stay in place into December, more than two months after the MBTA completed a 30-day...Local CoverageOct 25, 2022Warren, Markey ride MBTA leadership for answers about safety shortfallsSenators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey confronted state officials responsible for overseeing safety at the MBTA on Friday, citing several recent high-profile deaths, injuries, derailments and fires along the beleaguered...Local CoverageOct 14, 2022Sen. Warren holds hearing in Boston to urge MBTA improvementsOngoing safety problems at the MBTA and their economic impact will be the focus on Friday of a rare Senate hearing held here in Boston.PlayLocal Coverage04:44Oct 14, 2022State officials defend T oversight amid push to strip powersLegislators on Beacon Hill today pushed the body that oversees the T to explain why it should continue in that role following a series of incidents on the aging system.Local CoverageOct 6, 2022Orange Line reopens on time after month-long shutdownThe MBTA Orange Line reopened for the first time in a month on Monday morning. The T's general manager said the 30 day shutdown allowed workers to make five years...PlayLocal Coverage03:16Sep 19, 2022Public utilities chief defends agency's oversight of T safety The head of the state agency that oversees MBTA safety matters took questions from legislators on Beacon Hill Wednesday, after a federal report found the Department of Public Utilities failed...Local CoverageSep 14, 2022MBTA officials say Orange Line will reopen on schedule MondayOfficials said more than 80% of planned work is now complete.Local CoverageSep 14, 2022Lawmakers ask DPU chief to testify at hearing on MBTA safetyState lawmakers have asked the head of the Department of Public Utilities to testify on the agency’s role monitoring safety at the troubled MBTA, at a hearing slated for early...BusinessSep 2, 2022Feds ask MBTA to address dozens of safety issuesFor reaction to the report, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by Jarred Johnson, chief operating officer of the of the local advocacy group Transit Matters.PlayLocal Coverage04:51Sep 1, 2022Next Page
Passengers walk through tunnel after Green Line problemMore than 100 Green Line passengers had to be escorted on foot through a subway tunnel on Thursday night when three trains became stuck because of a signal problem, officials...Local CoverageJan 27, 2023
U.S. Sen. Warren demands answers from Mass. regulators about MBTA safety oversightWarren pressed Massachusetts safety regulators on their plans to increase oversight of the troubled MBTA, which has been dogged by collisions, derailments, deaths and injuries.Local CoverageJan 13, 2023
As the T missed safety investigation deadlines, state regulators failed to actFederal officials say the DPU must use its enforcement power to keep the T safe. Public records show the DPU has routinely allowed the T to miss deadlines, and has...PlayInvestigations03:47Jan 12, 2023
Trolley driver acquitted of negligence during 2021 Green Line collisionA jury has acquitted a MBTA Green Line driver of any wrongdoing stemming from a 2021 crash, when the trolley he was operating slammed into another in front of him....Local CoverageJan 11, 2023
In final report, feds fault driver, overdue safety features in deadly 2021 Green Line crashMBTA leaders said following the 2021 crash they would accelerate the project timeline and bring the Green Line Protection Project online by 2023, but the NTSB said in its report...Local CoverageJan 5, 2023
Gonneville returning to interim MBTA GM roleThe Baker administration announced Thursday that Gonneville will step into the top role on a temporary basis on Jan. 4, 2023, one day after General Manager Steve Poftak departs and...Local CoverageDec 23, 2022
Hundreds hop on the new MBTA's long awaited Green Line Medford extensionAfter decades of planning, the new GLX branch opened with five new stations Monday. Commuters packed into trains and celebrated the line going as far as Tufts University.Local CoverageDec 12, 2022
Green Line Extension to Medford set to open after years of delaysThe $2.3 billion project was originally supposed to be completed in 2014. The five new stations stretching up through Medford are scheduled to open on Monday.PlayLocal Coverage02:46Dec 8, 2022
Here's the new bus route approved by MBTA board of directorsThe MBTA's board of directors unanimously approved a suite of service modifications, collectively referred to as the Bus Network Redesign project, contingent upon an equity analysis that officials say will...Local CoverageNov 18, 2022
Slow zones remain on MBTA, more than a month after Orange Line shutdownThe MBTA says service is mostly back to normal after lengthy shutdowns of the Orange and Green lines, but some slow zones remain. One bright spot: Passengers really like the...PlayLocal Coverage03:55Nov 14, 2022
MBTA head will step down at beginning of yearAs WBUR’s Simon Rios reports, Poftak's tenure was turbulent on a number of fronts.PlayLocal Coverage03:00Nov 2, 2022
Orange Line slow zones will remain until at least December, MBTA saysSome speed restrictions on the Orange Line that have befuddled riders and slowed trips will stay in place into December, more than two months after the MBTA completed a 30-day...Local CoverageOct 25, 2022
Warren, Markey ride MBTA leadership for answers about safety shortfallsSenators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey confronted state officials responsible for overseeing safety at the MBTA on Friday, citing several recent high-profile deaths, injuries, derailments and fires along the beleaguered...Local CoverageOct 14, 2022
Sen. Warren holds hearing in Boston to urge MBTA improvementsOngoing safety problems at the MBTA and their economic impact will be the focus on Friday of a rare Senate hearing held here in Boston.PlayLocal Coverage04:44Oct 14, 2022
State officials defend T oversight amid push to strip powersLegislators on Beacon Hill today pushed the body that oversees the T to explain why it should continue in that role following a series of incidents on the aging system.Local CoverageOct 6, 2022
Orange Line reopens on time after month-long shutdownThe MBTA Orange Line reopened for the first time in a month on Monday morning. The T's general manager said the 30 day shutdown allowed workers to make five years...PlayLocal Coverage03:16Sep 19, 2022
Public utilities chief defends agency's oversight of T safety The head of the state agency that oversees MBTA safety matters took questions from legislators on Beacon Hill Wednesday, after a federal report found the Department of Public Utilities failed...Local CoverageSep 14, 2022
MBTA officials say Orange Line will reopen on schedule MondayOfficials said more than 80% of planned work is now complete.Local CoverageSep 14, 2022
Lawmakers ask DPU chief to testify at hearing on MBTA safetyState lawmakers have asked the head of the Department of Public Utilities to testify on the agency’s role monitoring safety at the troubled MBTA, at a hearing slated for early...BusinessSep 2, 2022
Feds ask MBTA to address dozens of safety issuesFor reaction to the report, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by Jarred Johnson, chief operating officer of the of the local advocacy group Transit Matters.PlayLocal Coverage04:51Sep 1, 2022