MBTA

Eng will be one of highest-paid transit execs in country

Eng will be one of highest-paid transit execs in country

Base salary of $470,000 comes with retention, success bonuses

By Bruce Mohl Maura Healey, MBTA, Transportation 0 Comments Mar 27, 2023

PHILLIP ENG, the new general manager and CEO at the MBTA, will be one of the highest paid transit authority executives in the country. Eng, who is starting his new job April 10, received a five-year contract with a base salary of $470,000 a year plus an “annual retention payment” of $30,000, according to the(...)

Healey brings in a transit professional to run the T

Eng says it’s time for a new way of doing business

Healey about to name new MBTA GM

Phillip Eng retired from Long Island Rail Road a year ago

Pause the search for a new GM at the MBTA

Give Gonneville the resources he needs to get the agency on track

T says low-income fare ramp-up would be year

Healey budget includes $5m in startup costs

February 2020

Survey indicates dramatic demographic shift among T riders

58% of T riders now minorities, 48% low-income

Slow zones across 27% of MBTA subway system

New interactive map shows the breadth of the problem

T lifts last of universal go-slow speed restrictions

As agency repairs tracks, many smaller go-slow zones remain

‘Outside the box’ thoughts on MBTA electrification

Four investments to produce a modern transit system

MBTA moving slowly in lifting universal speed restrictions

Universal slow zones lifted on Mattapan Line but not Green Line

MBTA not susceptible to magical solutions

Here are my five ideas for putting the transit agency on an upward trajectory

Documentation breakdown blamed in T subway slowdown

Speed back to 'normal' on Red, Orange, and Blue lines

MBTA imposes speed restrictions across entire subway system

Trains will run at 10-25 mph on all lines

MBTA checks off one item on FTA safety list

2 old work trains back in use; new ones ordered

march 9, 2020

MBTA leaning toward ‘new normal’ of lower ridership

Business leader calls board chair’s comments disappointing

State toll revenue getting back to pre-COVID levels

Driving is rebounding while transit ridership remains sluggish

Chamber chief to T: You get what you pay for

CommonWealth Staff

Chamber chief to T: You get what you pay for

Rooney also says he hopes interim GM stays on

MBTA to remove some panels at Harvard Station

Gonneville says T lucky corroded panel didn't hit anyone

Healey budget moves means-tested fares off back burner

Proposal steers $5m to initiative, giving it some momentum

Gonneville grilled on Alewife damage

Hints attorneys are looking to recoup repair costs

MBTA continues transparency efforts under Gonneville

‘We really are looking to pivot here as an organization’

New Orange Line train breaks down – on I-495

Flatbed carrying vehicle disconnected from truck

Hiring new GM at T shouldn’t be first priority

Gonneville is good; focus on building blocks

GLX rescuer Dalton set to leave MBTA at end of month

Fiandaca hails his work; no one talking about his next job

Healey not rushing things at the MBTA

Governor searching for GM; no board changes yet

‘Horrific’ event narrowly avoided at Alewife T Station

Man drove car into 5th-floor garage wall, sending 10,000-pound concrete barrier onto station roof

Healey appointing non-MBTA team to review CRRC situation

Says she learned of problems at Springfield plant in last few weeks

Gonneville running the MBTA differently

CommonWealth Staff

Gonneville running the MBTA differently

New emphasis on trust, transparency, and credibility

Healey says she needs more info on MBTA train contract

'We’ve got to get to the bottom of it,' she says