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...

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...

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...

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...

Those investments have not been enough to keep up with the MBTA’s modernization needs, according to previous agency estimates. A September 2021 report from the business-backed Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation found the MBTA faces a $13 billion...

A report released in September by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation concluded the MBTA faces a growing future budget shortfall, due to the sluggish recovery in ridership and resulting lost fare revenue. It found the MBTA might face a budget...

According to Boston.com, a report released in September by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation suggested the MBTA faces a growing future budget shortfall, due to the sluggish recovery in ridership and lost fare revenue. According to the report,...

But those lingering concerns, or the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation’s warning about the T facing a “fiscal calamity,” may have been on the mind of Transportation Secretary Jamey Tesler, who said in his opening remarks that the new board begins...

Keeping the transit system funded is another top concern among advocates. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation recently reported that the MBTA’s operating and capital shortfalls coming in fiscal year 2024 will require $1.25 billion in new funding...

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation reported recently that the MBTA could face a deficit as high as $400 million in its yearly budget that begins in 2023 and a $13 billion shortfall for core infrastructure improvements it plans to make over the...