Trouble on the T

For the people literally on the go inside Bowdoin Station on the Blue Line in Boston, it is notable what isn’t moving at all — an escalator. “It is beyond maddening,” said George Erickson, as he hobbled down a flight of stairs into the T station on Thursday. Erickson, returning from a doctor’s appointment at nearby Mas...

A disabled train caused delays on the MBTA’s Green Line on Tuesday morning. The MBTA first reported around 10 a.m. that delays of 10 minutes could be expected due to a disabled train near Boylston. They said trains might stand by at stations. About 15 minutes later, the T provided an update saying delays had increased to 20 minutes. The&#8230...

The major MBTA power outage Thursday made for a chaotic morning commute for some T riders as an issue at North Station impacted the Green, Orange and Blue lines. Commuters had to change plans on the fly; some had their commute times more than double — for Logan Smith, “it took an hour to take a 10-minute ride.” He was…

A major power outage badly disrupted service on three MBTA lines during the morning commute Thursday, causing a blackout at at least one station. Riders were frustrated with the hourslong snafu on the MBTA’s Green, Blue and Orange lines. One person shared an image of an E Line train stopped at completely dark Haymarket Station, joking they fe...

The Federal Transit Administration believes “that the MBTA has started to turn the corner in terms of safety culture,” a top T official said Thursday. Chief of Quality, Compliance and Oversight Meredith Sandberg said she met on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. with FTA officials who were happy with the T’s progress related to saf...

The most recent stretch of MBTA safety problems involved passengers and bags getting stuck in train doors and another “near miss” on the Green Line, officials said Thursday. On Jan. 1, a passenger’s leg became caught in a closing Green Line door at the Medford/Tufts station, according to a presentation MBTA Chief Safety Officer Ti...

A burst of new hiring and worse-than-projected ridership deepened the MBTA’s financial woes and officials project the agency will need to navigate a sizable budget gap in the upcoming cycle. MBTA higher-ups rolled out new financial estimates Friday that widened the gap between revenues and projected spending, which could set the scene for ren...

Train service in Boston was heavily disrupted Tuesday morning on both the MBTA’s Red and Orange lines following reports of smoke at Downtown Crossing. Shuttle buses replaced Red Line and Orange Line service at more than a dozen stops in the area on Tuesday morning. Stretches of the Green Line in the same area were also offline for a...

MBTA workers experienced three safety incidents in the past two weeks, the latest speedbumps as higher-ups work to address deep-rooted problems and overhaul the transit agency’s culture. Officials disclosed the trio of events at a board meeting on Wednesday, where they also acknowledged the agency is falling short of some of its annual target...

The MBTA announced Tuesday morning that it has completed track work on the Red Line between the JFK/UMass and Park Street stations, resulting in the removal of nine slow zones. Shuttle buses replaced service between the stations during the night from Nov. 14-16 and all day throughout last weekend. “Each step we take to repair our infrastructure is ...

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…...

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…

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...