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The Download: Interim, or indefinite? No end in sight to Phil Eng’s double duty | COMMONWEALTH BEACON

by Isabella MacKinnon | Dec 10, 2025 | Newsroom

“I expect that Phil will serve in both roles through the election. He’s the safest pair of hands in transportation,” said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, which represents cities and towns that help fund the T. “I think from [the governor’s]...

MBTA announces major Green Line closure to replace 130-year-old infrastructure | Mass Live

by Isabella MacKinnon | Nov 19, 2025 | Newsroom

“…For a planned shutdown, this is huge,” Brian Kane, the executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, said Tuesday when informed of the looming closure. “That’s the entire trunk [of the Green Line], basically. That’s major’…” By Will Katcher |...

Drawbridge, Green Line investments top narrower MBTA capital plan | COMMONWEALTH BEACON

by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 29, 2025 | Newsroom

“…To one watchdog, the new messaging is a realistic, “honest” approach that more clearly communicates the limits of the T’s capital budget.   “For far too long, government entities have overpromised and underdelivered,” said Brian Kane, executive...

MBTA ridership took a nosedive during the pandemic. Will it ever fully recover? | THE BOSTON GLOBE

by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 27, 2025 | Newsroom

“…’No mode of transportation is 100 percent paid for by the user. Every trip is subsidized to a certain extent, even folks who drive their cars,’ said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, the agency’s public oversight body....

Phil Eng’s new track | MASSACHUSETTS PLAYBOOK

by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 17, 2025 | Newsroom

“…But transportation insiders like him for the job. “He’s a safe pair of hands, first and foremost,” MBTA Advisory Board Executive Director Brian Kane said. “This is a very out-front entity — everybody uses highways. The secretaries of other...
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