by Isabella MacKinnon | Sep 3, 2024 | Advisory Board Blog, Newsroom
Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll and MBTA GM Eng joined Mayor Gary Christenson at the Malden Center Station today to announce the launch of the MBTA’s income-eligible reduced fare program. In attendance were state and MBTA officials and other...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Aug 24, 2024 | Newsroom
“In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic hit, inflicting a major hit to the T’s second-biggest revenue source: its fares. Four years after the first stay-at-home orders, the T’s ridership is still a fraction of what it used to be. Fare revenues this...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Aug 23, 2024 | Newsroom
“Even as the T is staring at a major budget deficit, the agency is cutting into its own revenues by launching a reduced fare for low-income riders and stepping up hiring to improve service. Board member Thomas McGee said the state needs to get the T’s funding...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Aug 23, 2024 | Newsletters
by Isabella MacKinnon | Aug 16, 2024 | Newsroom
“…Among them is MBTA Advisory Board Executive Director Brian Kane. He said when he was tapped to join the task force, he was told the group would identify specific projects and programs to raise funds for transportation needs. And they are working to do...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Aug 14, 2024 | Newsroom
“…The MBTA’s funding woes are set to deepen, driven by a slow ridership recovery and debt inherited from past investments like the Big Dig — the most expensive highway project in the US. ‘The T was born broke and it remains broke,’ said Brian Kane,...
