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BOSTON – Frank DePaola, the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, will step down at the end of next month as he seeks to focus on his ongoing fight with cancer, state officials said Monday. "As some of you know, Frank has been battling cancer for months and
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At times, government seems like little more than a "shell game," with the ultimate goal of increasing its budgets, expanding its reach, and bloating its bureaucracy, all at the expense of taxpaying families. When the government acts effectively, at least some justification for expansion exists. After all, when
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EVERETT — The City of Everett is in talks with state transit officials about giving traffic signal priority to MBTA buses to improve service into the city, according to Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack. A city of roughly 44,000 people as of 2014, Everett has 112 bus stops and 7,400
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A few years ago at a gathering of the region's economists, former city councilor, legal eagle and overall political savant, Lawrence DiCara observed a shift in the city's demographic. After years of worrying about a mass exodus of newly-minted college graduates to other parts, DiCara noted
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BOSTON — After scrapping extended-hours service on weekends, the MBTA control board on Wednesday directed staff to seek measures for improving transit service for racial minorities and low-income riders. Those measures, posed as mitigation for the late-night service elimination after action by federal regulators, could feature greater frequency on early morning
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BOSTON — The state's transportation department would devote 80 percent of its more than $14.3 billion capital dollars to system improvement and modernization with roughly equal investments in transit and rail as would be spent on roads and bridges, under a plan presented Wednesday. "It's
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STATE HOUSE — Struggling against a ballooned budget, backers of the Green Line Extension do not expect development dollars to contribute as much to the project as is the case around the country. State transportation officials last year identified a gap of as much as $1 billion for the trolley extension
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BOSTON – Over the objections of protesters, the board that oversees the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority voted to boost fares by an average of about 9 percent, effective July 1. Meeting Monday afternoon, members of the T's Fiscal and Management Control Board – appointed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker – voted
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