Involved parties were slated for a "closeout meeting" on Friday, but the FTA said Wednesday that teams on the ground found problems serious enough to warrant a quicker response before the safety management inspection concludes.
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The probe was fueled by a series of incidents, including derailments and the death of a Red Line passenger. The FTA is still working on its wraps up a broader report about the transit system that stretches across the greater Boston region and into Rhode Island. Officials cited major red flags, including that MBTA employees at the transit agency's operations control center work 20-hour shifts and get only four hours off before they return to duty, the result of a staffing shortage. On Wednesday, the Federal Transit Administration ordered the MBTA to take immediate action to fix a suite of problems investigators have found so far during a nearly unprecedented probe of the agency's safety. Wu’s comments came a day after MBTA Interim General Manager Jeff Gonneville said restrictions were lifted on the Red, Orange, and Blue lines except for in localized areas. According to screenshots shared on social media by a WBUR journalist Thursday, the MBTA may shut down part of its busiest subway line for at least a month, starting on Oct. “That’s going to be a problem.”įederal authorities are stepping in after the MBTA’s pattern of crashes, derailments, speeding and signal issues prompted major safety concerns. The MBTA has been ordered to address the safety violations by the end of the work day Friday. “Not getting to doctor’s appointments on time. “Not getting to work on time,” said Graham. “Time is money and it sucks that it’s probably going to take me more time to get everywhere,” said T rider Katy Mayerson. For more information about public transportation, please visit the MBTAs. Passengers like Robin Graham are already worried about the changes. The Red Line to Park Street The Blue Line to State Street (switch to Orange.
The organization said in a statement that lawmakers "need to treat the employee shortage at the MBTA like an emergency, because it is one." The agency will boost weekday subway service on the Red, Orange and Blue lines when possible, a representative said, and it's working to bring on more staffers at its control center, including by aggressively recruiting, offering bonuses and possibly hiring former dispatchers back.Īdvocacy group TransitMatters called the news "a painful example of how badly the MBTA has been failed by poor oversight and a lack of stable, dedicated funding." “This is a really big deal especially as we’re trying to bring back our downtowns, get folks back into our spaces in the metro Boston region as we’re coming out of the pandemic, this is a huge blow,” Thompson added. Stacy Thompson, the executive director of the transportation advocacy group LivableStreets Alliance, said, “We knew when we saw the preliminary recommendations from the FTA that it was likely the T would need to cut service in order to comply with their guidance.” The TransitMatters Labs team is happy to announce a new tool that answers these questions.
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