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MBTA GM Phil Eng talks about the estimated $24.5 billion repair costs for the system.

If you figure cost by ridership Boston will certainly be near the top

I must admit I was staggered by the number they reported today. I have no idea how the Commonwealth will fund this - The draconian move would be to install toll gantries on every road coming into the city and congestion tolls in the city itself. This has been simmering since 1980 and Governor...

Here is the report https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24169419/mbta-analysis-on-cost-to-fix-the-t.pdf Might be cheaper to start over

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/mbta-to-present-plan-to-end-slow-zone-speed-restrictions-on-subway-lines/

The new REM is having issues https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/is-it-going-to-be-working-tomorrow-montreal-s-new-rem-had-41-service-interruptions-since-it-opened-1.6625960

Eng at least seems to be empowered to dismiss long-time T management officials which is a start.

WBZ-TV Boston Jon Keller's guest this week is Brian Kane, a former MBTA official who is now the executive director of the MBTA advisory board.

I think Healey is playing it safe for now Baker DIDN'T want to know anything about the MBTA and his chain of command knew that - He only acted when the Orange Line fire happened in 2022 but by then he had announced he was not running again. The CRRC debacle was a Richard Davey brainstorm and...

The 'lie' is that Governor Baker was not told about the issue. That might be true but Karyn Polito who was his Lieutenant Governor most likely did. What I am certain of is Governor Baker wanted to cut the ribbon when GLX opened last year and everyone in the chain of command knew that...

meanwhile

Currently, Amtrak 66 arrives at NYP around 2 AM and then continues to Boston at 5:29 AM. http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=66&selyear=2023&selmonth=10&selday=22 I have heard numerous reasons for the issue including construction overnight in CT on Metro-North tracks and...

The only time I ever had a real problem with US Customs was in 2005 at the Blue Water Bridge when the agent asked me how long I was in Canada and I replied about 5 hours as I was driving from Boston to Chicago and driving through Ontario shaves about 100 miles off the trip and she told me to go...

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/19/mbta-knew-years-ago-that-glx-tracks-were-too-narrow-and-needed-repairs-eng-says/?share=rptbkntnwbognakicnit

We always knew the culture of the T was the core issue but this is unbelievable. Charlie Baker wanted it open so he could cut the ribbon and it seems his people were content to let the new people deal with it.

Eng has had it

The Three Stooges would be pleased https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-green-line-extension-track-defects-investigation/45586525