Tracking Transportation

Tracking Transportation

Keeping track of transportation

T missing out on college student market

T missing out on college student market

University pass attracts only 12,500 customers

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MBTA OFFICIALS said on Monday they are struggling to come up with a pass that would be attractive to local universities and their students and at the same time produce significant revenue for the transit authority. The current university pass, which offers an 11 percent price discount on various products, attracted 12,500 customers in the(...)

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MBTA unions pressed for pension concessions

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

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

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

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

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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Moulton: South Station expansion massive waste of $2b

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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Keolis met locomotive requirement last week

Keolis met locomotive requirement last week

Also: Snow and ice deficit; 86% transponder use

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The MBTA’s commuter rail operator met its requirement for ready-to-go locomotives all last week for the first time since January, T officials said on Monday. Keolis Commuter Services is contractually required to have 67 locomotives available for service each weekday, and last week it had between 67 and 72 available every day. That good news(...)

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Pollack takes issue with N-S Rail Link backers

Pollack takes issue with N-S Rail Link backers

Says it’s not inconsistent to pursue the link and S. Station expansion

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TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY STEPHANIE POLLACK said on Monday that she saw no inconsistency in pushing ahead with a $2 billion plan to expand South Station even as the state is spending $2 million to study the feasibility of building an underground rail link between North and South Stations. Backers of the so-called North-South Rail Link, including(...)

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Greenway sought 10 more years of state funding

Greenway sought 10 more years of state funding

Baker administration, which wants to halt aid, was not happy

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UNDER PRESSURE TO WEAN ITSELF off of state funding this year, the nonprofit that runs the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway instead made a pitch to keep state funds flowing for an additional 10 years. “We were not happy with that proposal so that’s when we put together this working group,” said Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack,(...)

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