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Apr 10, 2023
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Phillip Eng takes over MBTA as general manager after a chaotic year of failures
A Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report released last week reached many of the same conclusions. Without an influx of new employees, the MBTA will not be able to elevate service levels, fix deteriorated infrastructure and focus on new major...
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Apr 10, 2023
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New MBTA GM Phillip Eng tells riders to ‘stay tuned’ for changes at the T
He also addressed a recent Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report which concluded that the T will need to hire around 2,800 workers within the next 12 months if it hopes to address service cuts, safety issues, and other ongoing challenges. ...
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Apr 09, 2023
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Editorial: Don’t Give Up on the T
A sobering report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation shows the T won’t be fixed, much less back to normal, any time soon. But that’s no reason to give up on it. The system, MTF found, needs nearly 50 percent more new hires in the next...
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Apr 09, 2023
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MBTA falls behind peer transit agencies on hiring bus drivers, restoring service
The T’s bus driver shortage is part of a larger hiring problem facing the agency. A report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation last week said the T must hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months for the system to be fully operational.
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Apr 04, 2023
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Apr 04, 2023
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MBTA expands hiring incentives following critical report
The Taxpayers Foundation, in the latest of a series of reports on the financial and operational status of the critical transportation system, said its analysis of MBTA payroll data, state demographics, and studies by both industry groups and...
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Apr 04, 2023
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Report: The T needs to hire thousands if it’s ever going to improve — and it probably can’t
Between an upcoming wave of retirements at the T and an increasingly difficult labor market, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation — the think tank behind the report — forecasts an uphill battle. “A sufficient workforce is the most fundamental...
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Aug 20, 2022
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Aug 20, 2022
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New report sheds light on ‘full-blown crisis’ at the MBTA
According to a new report by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF), the transit agency needs to focus on improving infrastructure, financial plans, and internal organization. “The MBTA is in a full-blown crisis. Failure to fix it has...
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Aug 18, 2022
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Aug 18, 2022
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Report highlights intricacies of ‘full-blown crisis’ at the MBTA
A cavalcade of missteps, hazards and failures at the MBTA have prompted some public figures to call for the transit agency to be absorbed into another department or placed under federal control, but those actions would not address the deep-seated...
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Aug 18, 2022
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MBTA is in a ‘full-blown crisis’ that won’t be resolved by federal takeover, report says
The MBTA is in a “full-blown crisis,” asserts the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation in a new report, and it’s one that won’t be solved by a federal receivership or dissolution of the agency. Those suggestions may attract a lot of attention, the...
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Jun 09, 2022
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Jun 09, 2022
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MBTA, facing grave financial crisis, avoids fiscal cliff for another year using one-time federal funds
Last year, the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation warned of the T’s revenue shortfall in years to come. MTF’s Vice President for Policy and Research Andrew Bagley, who authored the report on T finances, said the T either has to find...
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