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Feds disturbed by MBTA safety issues; begin an investigation

By adamg on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 11:59am

The Globe reports on the Federal Transit Administration notifying the MBTA it can expect some federal oversight starting this month.

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Comments

By Michael on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 12:15pm.

You really fixed the hell out of the T

By tblade on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 1:10pm.

…anyone remembers him running on. Heckuva job, Charlie.

By jmeltzer on Wed, 05/11/2022 - 9:57am.

his being a health care executive - that experience really helped two years ago!!

By necturus on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 5:15pm.

Walter A. O'Brien and got Charlie off the M(B)TA.

By jmeltzer on Wed, 05/11/2022 - 9:54am.

really did the job there!

By anon on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 12:29pm.

They're just concerned now? LOLOLOL

By anon on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 12:37pm.

How many times have the in-house Transit Police detectives found T-management responsible for safety violations in the last ten years?

By adamg on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 12:44pm.

Then again, that's not part of the TPD's purview, no? That's why we have state and federal safety offices.

By HighGuard on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 5:26pm.

Well the Transit polices purview would be if there was anything criminal that occurred

By mg on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 1:12pm.

From the article:

Four days after Lalin’s death on the Red Line last month, the MBTA board of directors’ safety subcommittee did not ask MBTA staff a single question about the tragedy at a public meeting.

That says it all.

By anon on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 7:37pm.

You aren't supposed to answer questions when there is an open NTSB investigation, or if you do ask them, no one is supposed to answer them, just the NTSB

By Liam on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 1:12pm.

Hopefully the investigations will lead to the Governor's Office.

By Refugee on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 1:25pm.

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By HolyMolyCodPiece on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 1:29pm.

To end the unions. Break the pensions. Bring in Disney- they know how to move people.

By Pete X on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 2:03pm.

Seems to me, there's pretty clear management problems when you have widespread safety issues across the system.

Four days after Lalin’s death on the Red Line last month, the MBTA board of directors’ safety subcommittee did not ask MBTA staff a single question about the tragedy at a public meeting.

Where's the management oversight? Where's the governor? But for some people, it's always the union's fault.

By redheadedjen on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 2:36pm.

We need more unions not less.

By BostonDog on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 3:28pm.

Employers have so much power because government oversight and regulation is practically nonexistent in America. When the prospect of loosing a job means loosing healthcare or being quickly thrown into poverty, it distorts everything.

I'm not pro-union as much as I am pro-regulation.

By anon on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 2:42pm.

Union busting is why the middle class struggles as much as they do. Strong union = strong middle class.

Let's all say this together "corporations do not care about their workers."

How many times do people have to be hit over the head w/ this?

By redheadedjen on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 1:41pm.

Between the issues with building sites lately and the T problems, feds will be overseeing a lot of things here.

By anon on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 2:19pm.

Reported that the Transit Police are instructed to give bus drivers preferential treatment in accidents

By schneidz on Tue, 05/10/2022 - 2:23pm.

doesnt she work for the feds now ?