public transportation

The breakthrough labor agreement MBTA officials and union leaders reached last year included significant increases in pay, retention bonuses and other perks that supporters say are already yielding benefits for the workforce’s culture. But over on the commuter rail, whose operations the MBTA contracts out to Keolis Commuter Services, employees are telling a far different story. More than a dozen Keolis...

Low-income MBTA riders could benefit from discounted fares, slashed roughly in half from regular prices, by this summer, officials said Monday, pending a vote in late March by the MBTA Board of Directors. The agency is currently seeking public comment on its proposed plan to offer discounted fares to riders ages 26 through 64 who earn 200% or less of…

The sticker shock is setting in after the MBTA announced it needs $24.5 billion to fix the system. The question now is how Massachusetts is going to pay for it. MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng said fare hikes are off the table, but the executive director of the MBTA’s Advisory Board, Brian Kane, said taxpayers will end up footing the…

The $24.5 billion that the MBTA says it’ll cost to bring the transit system into a state of good repair, and advocates say the agency should look outside the box to find all that funding.

The last time the MBTA did a capital needs assessment, in 2019, the price tag was $10 billion. Thursday’s estimate is a roughly 145% increase.

The amount of money the MBTA estimates repairs will cost is higher than the inflation-adjusted cost of the Big Dig.

If you want a fully functioning MBTA, it will cost you — a lot, according to the agency. The T on Thursday put the price tag for all the necessary repairs at about $24.5 billion. That’s more than the final cost of the Big Dig, adjusted for inflation. The capital needs assessment is what it would cost to bring the…

It will cost $24.5 billion to make all the necessary repairs to the MBTA, the agency said Thursday, a massive price tag that dwarfs even the Big Dig’s.  

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority says it will cost $24.5 billion to repair the system’s many problems, according to an internal analysis released Thursday. That cost includes only repairs and not any upgrades to the system. You can read the full report here. “Restoring reliability and ensuring safety are priorities as we rebuild MBTA infrastructure. Understanding and acknowledging the significant…

Boston’s Bluebikes public transportation system has more than 4,000 bikes across 400 stations and a lot of people rely on them to get around. When you get to where you’re going, you dock your bike to end your ride. But we’ve heard from a growing number of viewers who have faced steep charges after returning their bikes. “After I...

The agency is even taking out full page newspaper ads telling people to use Logan Express busses, the Blue or Silver Lines or ferries.

Do not drive your car to Logan Airport this summer. That’s the message from Massport ahead of a busy travel season. Increased air travel combined with the closure of the Sumner Tunnel is expected to create travel chaos. Over Memorial Day Weekend, Logan saw more than 314,000 passengers go through TSA checkpoints. That’s up more than 26,000 from last year….

The MBTA will need to hire more than 750 new bus drivers to achieve an envisioned overhaul that would boost systemwide bus trip frequency by 25 percent, a daunting task amid a challenging labor market, officials said. Higher-ups at the transit agency have their sights set on transforming the constellation of bus routes in Boston and dozens of surrounding communities,…