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In the last two weeks Red Line MBTA has been dreadful during evening hours between 5 and 6 pm home bound from work. Since October 10th 2016 the Red Line has made long haul stops breaks between Park and Harvard stating that there is a problem with signals at Alewife station. This is an on-going …
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Two recent presentations by the MBTA show good progress towards future improvements: Red Line Capacity Constraints A recent comprehensive study of the Red Line indicated that a new vehicles, signal upgrades and operations improvements could result in major service improvements and an increase in system throughput, effectively increasing capacity. Automated Fare Collection 2.0 AFC 2.0 will be a completely …
MBTA PUBLIC MEETING Back Bay Station Concourse Project DATE: Monday, September 26, 2016 TIME: 6:00 PM LOCATION: Transportation Building 10 Park Plaza Conference Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Boston, MA 02116 MEETING AGENDA: The MBTA’s Back Bay Station project team will present the 30% design for the forthcoming renovations of the Back Bay …
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In response to constituent complaints about the service quality of the 73 bus, we reached out to the MBTA to see if there was an explanation and also to get a timeline for the return of the trackless trolley service. Below is the response from MTA Service Planning: As the original email suggested, the recent poor performance …
At our recent forum about the Green Line’s future, MBTA General Manager Frank DePoala offered hope for continuous improvement of reliability and modest resulting capacity increases, but no hope for big capacity increases within the visible planning horizon. The dose of reality he offered about the long term will require some time to digest.
The long awaited study is finally underway! The opportunity is huge for improvement.
