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HDR/Gilbane's role is preliminary design, design management, construction management and overall program management for MBTA.
Read More →State officials are seeking $110 million to replace a 92-year-old Haverhill rail bridge that has forced speed restrictions and delays on Amtrak, MBTA and freight services.
Read More →MBTA leased three locomotives, formerly owned by Maryland's MARC commuter rail service, to help bridge the gap in its fleet while it waits for 20 new ones to begin arriving in 2013.
Read More →A spike in Web traffic around snowstorms overwhelmed the site, three times in three weeks, preventing thousands of people from accessing service alerts, schedules, and route maps.
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The state-of-the-art diesel-electric locomotive, which burns less fuel and emits lower levels of nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbons, is one of two purchased from the Utah Transit Authority at a cost of $7 million.
Read More →I love going to the movies! Despite the high cost for tickets, and the ridiculous amount they charge you for concession stand items (I always bring a stash of Red Vines in my purse), I still love the whole experience of it — sitting in the dark watching the story unfold on the screen. From time to time, other things fill the theater like unwanted noise.
Read More →Will provide more real-time arrival info via smartphone, countdown information on LED subway signs and a customer service training program for staff.
Read More →Aiden Quinn, who admitted to texting his girlfriend before his Green Line car smashed into another car in 2009, pleaded guilty to a charge of negligence by a person in control of a train. He was sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.
Read More →The agency has made great strides in improving accessibility over the last four years, but riders still face hurdles in using the system, said a judge appointed to monitor MBTA’s compliance in a lawsuit settlement.
Read More →Signs for all 270 MBTA stations will be available for sale immediately. Signs will use the same look, design and fonts found in subway stations in Boston and the suburbs, with MBTA receiving a percentage of the sales.
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