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As someone who has taken 66 home to Boston more times than I can count after an event at MSG this is not good news.

Didn't take long for the Boston media to question the hire

I wish him well

Apparently, Governor Healy has decided on Phillip Eng, the former president of the Long Island commuter rail system to be the new GM of the MBTA. https://new.mta.info/people/phillip-eng...

One would think that knowing the 63rd Street Tunnel would become a reality any rolling stock going forward would be compatible.....

It just doesn't end Today I took a Green Line train from Union Sq to Woodland and it took 76 minutes and coming back it was 71 minutes. Now the Blue Line has become a problem...

The MBTA has unveiled its speed restrictions dashboard so you can see where somebody on a bicycle can pedal faster than a subway train - like much of the Blue Line and the Green Line between Chestnut Hill Avenue in Brighton and the Lechmere viaduct. The T promises to update the page every day...

A good friend of mine who loves BU Hockey BUT doesn't drive called me today and asked if there is any way to get a bus from Boston to Manchester to attend an NCAA game on Thursday afternoon and incredibly there are not many options. Boston Express offers numerous trips to a Manchester suburb (...

You can't make this stuff up https://www.universalhub.com/2023/green-line-speed-restrictions-not-lifted-most-t

The interim GM does live on all the local stations to say things are bad but getting better. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=notif&v=242425504873541 https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mbta-t-speed-restriction-update/2999635/

The Back Bay has bounced back BUT not the old downtown. In any event, the T has to reimage the service to the Seaport - The Silver Line was designed thinking the Patriots and Red Sox would move there. Perhaps it is time to look at the Indigo Line once again...

The MBTA went all in to restore the old New Haven Old Colony lines and seriously neglected the urban core for 30+ years. Commuter Rail on the MBTA is a political football. Somehow 50 years ago the decision was made to forget the legacy of the Budd Rail Diesel Cars which the B&M, B&A, and New...

The grim reality is the T was planned 120 years ago to service old downtown which is the Financial District and those riders may never return to 2019 numbers. The commuter rail is especially hurting. These numbers are grim - the commuter rail has bounced back compared to a year ago but is still...

It is a vicious cycle now as the media just loves T misery stories https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/10/metro/out-an-abundance-caution-mbta-should-slow-trains-further-zero-miles-per-hour/

Perhaps I am being simplistic but what we are seeing today seems to trace back a century when BERy controlled the 3 heavy rail lines and the streetcar system and each developed a culture of its own. Philadelphia had the same problem with the MFL, BSS, and streetcar lines all being incompatible...

It has been EIGHT years since the system collapsed because of massive snow and honestly, it seems worse today. It is just frustrating at this point.

Late on Thursday night, the MBTA dropped this bomb https://www.wcvb.com/article/mbta-speed-restrictions-red-blue-orange-green-lines-subway-trolley/43267279

It seems obvious that a lower-level bureaucrat made the initial decision and somebody at the top quickly made a few phone calls when the story went viral. The Downeaster has been a huge success for 20+ years and New Hampshire has benefited from the service without contributing. NNERPA felt...

NH certainly makes it easy for out of staters to buy their booze. I'm just happy they seem to think there is an easy solution.

In fairness, it looks like after the initial story broke around noontime somebody in the higher levels of state government in NH made some phone calls and a solution will be found. The company that provides food and beverage service on the Downeaster, NexDine, is top notch and honestly, Amtrak...