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Eng made some major moves on Friday https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/22/mbta-restructured-under-four-divisions-as-gm-eng-makes-personnel-moves-all-staff-email-says/?share=se2necskwermtsultlt2

I fear you are correct

The workplace culture is their biggest hurdle https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/19/metro/workers-say-red-line-train-ignored-warning-blew-by-them-25-mph-monday-according-report/

A long-time friend who just retired from the T ( he worked on Red Line signals ) told me management wants the Feds to shut everything down and then supervise the repairs. A year ago they shut the Orange Line down for a month and today the slow zones continue to exist. He told me someone needs...

This could have been much worse on Saturday https://whdh.com/news/watch-video-shows-moment-amtrak-train-slams-into-car-in-andover/ https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/bmw-struck-by-amtrak-train-in-andover-woman-injured/3137933/...

The T has a big problem on the Fitchburg line

@west point Eng made a smart move on Thursday by doing this The culture of the T has been the biggest issue for decades compounded by funding from the Commonwealth. Eng's next step will be the trickiest, convincing managers and workers to forget what they know and start over.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/woman-hit-killed-by-capeflyer-train-bourne-massachusetts/44994006

MBTA workers responsible for checking subway infrastructure for defects either didn’t understand their responsibilities or didn’t fulfill them and, as a result, missed dangerous problems on vast swaths of the subway as recently as March, according to a new report. The review, commissioned by...

Only in Boston

It seems hopeless

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/amtrak-service-between-boston-and-new-haven-suspended-for-hours/3128704/

The T staggers into September

@jiml - I didn't appreciate how Quebec officials would treat Alstom after they took over Bombardier Transportation but I should have. Montreal/Toronto makes sense on every metric BUT I fully understand why Quebec wants high speed between Montreal and Quebec City. Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal is...

CBC News released 2 videos this week on passenger rail in Canada

The T will suspend service on the Red Line for 16 days in October from JFK/UMass to Mattapan...

Miles decided to upgrade to Select Status by taking three RTs between Boston and Providence in one day

Ridership on the T transit lines is still roughly half of 2019 levels https://dashboard.transitmatters.org/red/ridership/?endDate=2023-08-23&startDate=2016-02-01

It appears both #2 and #1 have suspended service because of the wildfires in BC.