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....
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...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 17, 2025 | Newsroom
“…Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, said Tibbits-Nutt convened the transportation task force whose work helped persuade lawmakers to give the MBTA a $535 million infusion. She also had to “rebuild” the department’s leadership after...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 17, 2025 | Newsroom
“…Brian Kane, head of the MBTA Advisory Board, noted that Eng has previously worked at the New York Department of Transportation and ‘has the experience. He knows how to run bridges and roads and highways.’ At the same time, Kane said,...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 17, 2025 | Newsroom
“…MBTA Advisory Board Executive Director Brian Kane, who represents municipalities that help fund the T, praised Tibbits-Nutt for her work and said he hopes Eng’s tenure as interim will be short so he can return his attention to trains, buses, trolleys,...
by Isabella MacKinnon | Oct 16, 2025 | Newsroom
“…MBTA leaders and watchdogs alike are pleased with the uptake so far, describing it as a sign of success for an initiative meant to modernize the system and cater to an increasingly digital public. ‘The approach that [MBTA General Manager] Phil Eng...
