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The MBTA's $24.5 billion maintenance problem

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MBTA workers replace track on the Green Line at Packards Corner. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
MBTA workers replace track on the Green Line at Packards Corner. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A new assessment from the MBTA estimates that it would cost $24.5 billion to bring the T into a state of good repair. We peel back the layers of that eye-popping number with former Massachusetts Assistant Secretary of Transportation Chris Dempsey.

This segment aired on November 21, 2023.

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