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mbtareview.com; interview with David D’Alessandro

November 4, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

At this link is where you can find D'Alessandro's report on the pretty desperate safety and financial situation of the MBTA, reported on by the Globe this am.More later. Update: NECN's got the in-person statements from … [Read more...]

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Comment of the day

August 10, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

OK, I was away this weekend, and this was posted on Friday -- better late than never. This is really Mass. Politics 101 stuff, from Ed Poon:frameworks What a bizarre scene to have Democrats openly rooting for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grabauskas, mbta, patrick

Dan Grabauskas for Lt. Governor.

August 3, 2009 By sowyrda

Dan Grabauskas for lt. governor?  The Republican Rumor Mill is stacked with stories regarding G.O.P. hopeful Charlie Baker, who recently joined Christy Mihos as a contender for the G.O.P. nomination, tapping Grabauskas as his running … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baker, governor-race, grabauskas

Things I do not understand: T – Grabauskas edition

August 2, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

Anyone else finding the whole brouhaha over Dan Grabauskas a little bit bewildering? Three T board members express ... well, outrage is not too strong a term ... over Grabauskas' handling, or lack thereof, of the two crash incidents … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aloisi, grabauskas, mbta, patrick

T hostility now out in the open

July 29, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

Well, the knives are out -- finally out in the open -- for T General Manager Dan Grabauskas. Three MBTA board members have expressed a lack of confidence, essentially in Grabauskas' willingness and ability to keep the public safe. From … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: baddour, grabauskas, mbta

Good news in Mass Transit! (Just not for us.)

March 11, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Hey golly gosh, mass transit in America is going great guns! The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced today that Americans took 10.3 billion trips on public transportation in 2007, the highest level in 50 years, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grabauskas, mbta, transit

That bus isn’t coming.

February 16, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Via Jay: How deep does the rot in the MBTA go? To the point where they'd cut a bus run, but not tell anyone. We knew that some runs just ... somehow ... weren't happening, but maybe it was driver absenteeism, or some other lack of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grabauskas, mbta

MBTA death spiral continues

January 28, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Commuter rail (45 minutes) and Red Line delays (15 minutes) today, according to WERS. Why? There was snow yesterday? What was going on?I've said this before, but it bears repeating. This is Massachusetts. Sometimes it gets cold, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grabauskas, mbta

Should heads not roll?

October 8, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Red Line passengers caught for more than an hour on the Longfellow Bridge, decided to dis-imprison themselves. via UHub, Spatch wonders who's in charge here:But where was the T? Were any announcements made? Was there any attempt made to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grabauskas, mbta

The MBTA is a basket case.

August 17, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

Just heard that the Red Line forced everyone off at Park Street -- Lord knows what's happening now. This is what they say on the MBTA website: "Red Line experiencing minor delays at this time, due to an earlier disabled train at Alewife … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: grabauskas, massachusetts, mbta, public-transit, romney

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