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"While thanking Wu for speaking to the board, MBTA Executive Director Brian Kane commented, 'I don’t think a mayor of Boston has spoken to the advisory board since at least Kevin White, possibly Ray Flynn.''"  By Ella Adams | 10/20/26 Read the full article here  ...

"Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board group that represents cities and towns who help fund the T, views the setback as the latest sign that the T inked a 'bad deal.' 'The T doesn’t have a great track record of introducing new vehicle technologies...

"Brian Kane, the T advisory board’s executive director, has estimated the total bill could top $10 billion. The agency has conducted an independent cost estimate as a baseline for the bids, but declined to share the total." By Diti Kohli| 9/28/26 Read the article...

"Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA advisory board, said it’s worthwhile for the agency to pursue the platform upgrades on the Green Line, because its branches may not run entirely on Type 10 cars for years. 'You can argue that it’s not great to redo in a...

“...'It’s a little bit untested in the United States, and that gives me great pause, great concern,” said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, which represents cities and towns who help fund the T. “It’s also going to take a lot longer to...

"...Brian Kane, a Green Line regular who happens to head the T’s public oversight body, couldn’t recall seeing fare checkers on his commutes. The Green Line, which originated as a streetcar system, “was always designed to have a conductor collecting fares and someone...