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Drivers urge DPU to alter background checks

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Drivers urge DPU to alter background checks

Rejected Uber and Lyft drivers say unlimited reach discriminates

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EDWARD HARUNK SAID driving for Uber gave him the flexibility to take care of his sick wife and bring her to doctor’s appointments whenever she needed. “Being an Uber driver enabled me, as a sole caregiver, to set my own time and allowed me to focus on my wife’s challenges,” the 59-year-old Wellesley resident, a(...)

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MBTA unions pressed for pension concessions

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MBTA unions pressed for pension concessions

State officials warn T retirement fund could run out of money

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STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS on Monday pressured the MBTA’s major unions to agree to concessions that would reduce retirement payouts by about $1 billion over the next 18 years and prevent the authority’s pension fund from running out of money. The officials said their analysis indicates the T’s pension fund is paying out more money than(...)

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Logan signs parking deal with CLF

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Logan signs parking deal with CLF

Promises to reduce emissions in return for 5,000 spaces

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STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE AGENCY THAT MANAGES LOGAN AIRPORT agreed Thursday to invest in reducing emissions from cars and planes as part of its plan to create 5,000 new parking spaces at the East Boston air hub. If the parking plan is permitted, Logan would install ample electric vehicle charging stations throughout its facilities,(...)

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Pollack not comparing apples to apples

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Pollack not comparing apples to apples

N-S Rail Link study is too watered down

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WE DISAGREE with Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack’s “apples-to-apples” comparison of the South Station expansion and North-South Rail Link projects, especially with the corresponding studies currently being prepared. What the secretary fails to note is that the projects are not being given a level playing field. MassDOT has spent nearly $40 million studying South Station expansion,(...)

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Keolis on-time performance improves

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Keolis on-time performance improves

Wheel fractures continue; new GLX contracts issued

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THE MBTA’S COMMUTER RAIL OPERATOR over the last few weeks has done a much better job keeping locomotives running and trains arriving on time, but a mysterious problem with the wheels on passenger coaches doesn’t appear to be going away. David Scorey, the general manager of Keolis Commuter Services, told the Fiscal and Management Control(...)

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Pollack: T scrapping Auburndale station design

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Pollack: T scrapping Auburndale station design

Agency was accused of rebuilding station in worst possible way

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TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY STEPHANIE POLLACK said on Monday that the MBTA is scrapping its design for a new Auburndale commuter rail station in response to concerns that the proposal might negatively affect the overall operation of the entire Framingham/Worcester Line. The transportation advocacy group TransitMatters initially raised concerns about the proposed design in February, saying the(...)

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Prepare to be automated out of a job

Prepare to be automated out of a job

Isn’t there a civic responsibility to plan for massive dislocation?

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WHAT SHOULD WE DO if we knew that, in the near future, a large sector of our country’s workers, currently employed with good-paying jobs, would be put out of work by new technologies? Would we ban the new technology to save those jobs? Or, do the scientific breakthroughs and related increases in growth and productivity(...)

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Moulton: South Station expansion massive waste of $2b

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Moulton: South Station expansion massive waste of $2b

Criticizes Pollack for suggesting rail link, expansion could both be done

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US REP. SETH MOULTON on Tuesday called the expansion of South Station “a massive waste of $2 billion” and criticized the Baker administration for suggesting that it might be possible to both expand South Station and build an underground rail link between North and South Stations. “Unfortunately, it shows me that a lot of people(...)

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