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The arrival times appear on LED signs that have hung above platforms and in station lobbies since 2007, but that until now have displayed only the date, time, and announcements.
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Meter maid claims she stepped out of her vehicle to place a parking ticket on the bus’ windshield that the driver had refused to accept in hand, when the bus surged forward. The driver, a 10-year veteran of the MBTA, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and operating to endanger.
Read More →Involves releasing non-toxic, inert, odorless gas and particle tracers into the subway system and nearby locations. Particle and gas concentrations will be sampled in more than 20 stations covering the entirety of the underground portion of the MBTA subway system as well as numerous locations in Boston and Cambridge.
Read More →Repairers, sheet-metal workers, carpenters and engineers work with a mix of old, new, and jury-rigged technology due to the agency’s financial crisis.
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Offering same-day service will be an upgrade from its current paratransit service, the RIDE, which requires trip scheduling at least one day prior to pickup.
Read More →These sensors have been designed to enable rapid responses and protective measures within 20 minutes to reduce the impact of a biological terrorist attack.
Read More →The Wickford Junction commuter rail station will be served by 10 north- and south-bound trains on weekdays and is expected to carry as many as 1,500 riders a day. The rail service to T.F. Green Airport extends the transit system’s existing service 20 miles to the state’s Southeastern communities.
Read More →In approving the spending reduction plan, the board acknowledged the measures might be nothing more than a one-year patch for the underfunded transit system.
Read More →The statewide results, which showed 34% of respondents opposed using state dollars to plug the transit system’s budget gap and 26% were undecided or did not know, came as a surprise to analysts, who expected wider opposition to state intervention.
Read More →Using federal grant money, the facility will turn the Oak Street railway into a "mock" train station to carry out drills, which will also be accessible to emergency responders from all surrounding cities and towns.
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