[The Pokey/Schleppie Awards] identifies the most unreliable routes and suggests bus priority infrastructure implementations, operations modernization, and policy and planning changes to create a better bus network for riders.
“The lack of sustainable, long-term funding hurts the ability of public transit to operate, plan, or build efficiently. I hope that the recently announced task force will give us some of those options to fully fund public transit.”
As Regional Rail gains momentum, we at TransitMatters are fine-tuning our advocacy strategy to keep pressure on the state and T to invest in the system.
The role of Secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation is a demanding, challenging, and critical one. TransitMatters thanks outgoing Secretary Fiandaca and wishes her well as she steps down.
Commuter Rail is at a crossroads. Now is a crucial time to start making progress towards the transformation of the commuter rail system that the MBTA committed to in 2019.
TransitMatters commends the MBTA General Manager for being transparent with riders about the issues with track conditions and quickly acting out of an abundance of caution.