“…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, and ferries.
The one-two pairing of Eng, a ‘train guy,’ and Gulliver, a ‘highway guy,’ should help balance the department’s work, Kane said.
‘Phil’s a safe pair of hands. If anything has been shown in the last two years, it’s that he can handle it,’ he said. ‘He used to work for [the New York Department of Transportation]. He has the experience. He knows how to run bridges and roads and highways. I think he’s the right call’…”
By Chris Lisinski | 10/16/2025