by Isabella MacKinnon | Jul 8, 2026 | Newsroom
“…Kane said the authority’s borrowing has become more standardized and more disciplined in the lastdecade. The MBTA has used financing instruments — like swaps and derivatives — in the past, Kanesaid, but it’s mostly moved away from those...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Jun 12, 2026 | Newsroom
“…’Today’s investments are a direct response to years of deferred maintenance and staffing shortages—conditions that worsened under an austerity-driven approach extending from 2016 to 2022,” the MBTA Advisory Board wrote in its endorsement of the...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Jun 10, 2026 | Newsroom
“…City and state officials indicated that money used for the MBTA’s reduced fare program would cover the plan to temporarily extend the program for bus routes 23, 28, and 29, which go through Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury. Wu’s office said in a...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Apr 23, 2026 | Newsroom
“…When Brian Shortsleeve arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in July 2015, longtime staff immediately felt something shift. All of a sudden, PowerPoint presentations full of bar charts infiltrated meetings. Vest-clad analysts sized up...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Mar 31, 2026 | Newsroom
“…’Obviously, there will be a disruption to folks in the summer, especially folks” riding the system south of Boston, said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board. “There’s going to be massive crowds at South Station and sometimes at...
