MA Transportation

News

 * Boston Globe: MBTA union to make pension benefits public, by Beth Healy (Sept 19, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: July MBTA ridership grows despite fare hike, by Kiera Blessing (Aug 29, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Group calls for changes in MBTA retirement fund, by Beth Healy (June 27, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Audit says MBTA station renovations poorly planned, by Martine Powers (June 17, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Inaction in D.C. imperils state highway projects, by Noah Bierman (May 4, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: MBTA budget is OK'd with $118m shortfall, by Martine Powers (Apr 11, 2013)
 * Boston Globe: MBTA’s late-night train service gets off to strong start, by Martine Powers (Apr 1, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Fare hikes on MBTA subway, bus and commuter rail services proposed, by Martine Powers (Mar 25, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: MassDOT OK’s $75m for buses by ’18, by Martine Powers (Feb 13, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: RMV fees may rise 10 percent, by Martine Powers (Jan 30, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Patrick whiffs on anti-privatization law, by Scot Lehigh (Jan 14, 2014)
 * Boston Globe: Ex-T pension chief recommended $25m investment that went bust, by Beth Healy (Dec 30, 2013)
 * Boston Globe: MBTA plans budget despite uncertainty, by Martine Powers (Feb 27, 2013)
 * Boston Globe: Mass. Senate passes MBTA bailout, by Eric Moskowitz (June 20, 2012)
 * Boston Globe: MBTA crisis can't be ignored; time to tackle `Big Dig culture', by the Editorial Board (Mar 16, 2012)
 * Boston Globe: Hundreds rip MBTA budget plan, by Travis Andersen (Feb 14, 2012)
 * Boston Globe: Report spotlights MBTA financial woes, by Eric Moskowitz (Oct 26, 2011)
 * Boston Globe: For MBTA, `nuance' means `broke', by Paul McMorrow (Aug 5, 2011)
 * Boston Globe: MBTA forges plan to reduce deficit, by Eric Moskovitz (Feb 23, 2011)
 * Boston Globe: Pacheco law blocks contracting, drives up cost of government, by the Editorial Board (Jan 7, 2011)
 * CBS Local: Lawmakers divert gas tax funds (Sept 18, 2010)

Reports

 * [[Media:BlueRibbon_Background.pdf|Background on the finances of the MBTA and Regional Transit Authorities]], Blue Ribbon Summit on Financing the MBTA and RTAs (Nov 1, 2010)
 * [[Media:MBTA_Review_2009.pdf|MBTA Review]], by David F. D’Alessandro, Paul D. Romary, Lisa J. Scannell and Bryan Woliner (Nov 1, 2009)
 * [[Media:07_TFCreport.pdf|Transportation finance in Massachusetts: an unsustainable system]], findings of the Massachusetts Transportation Finance Commission (Mar 28, 2007)
 * [[Media:MassTFC2.pdf|Transportation finance in Massachusetts: building a sustainable transportation financing system]], recommendations of the Massachusetts Transportation Finance Commission (Sept 17, 2007)

Resources

 * Mass Dept of Transportation
 * MBTA Scorecard, financials
 * Mass Taxpayer Foundation