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MBTA ending GLX contracts, plans to find new project manager

The MBTA has notified several firms working on the over-budget Green Line Extension project that it is acting to end their current contracts, and the agency plans to install a new project manager as part of a restructuring of the project management team. The move comes after the MassDOT Board

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At rally, union workers resist MBTA privatization

BOSTON — Concerned that the Baker administration's effort to privatize some MBTA services could cost workers their jobs, union members gathered in protest on Wednesday, vowing to continue to call attention to the issue. Wearing matching orange shirts, nearly 80 members of Boston Carmen's Union 589 turned

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Boston’s top cop airs concerns about ride companies

Written by Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE — While Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said he is in the dark about Uber's background check system, his predecessor — now an adviser to the ride-hailing company — said Tuesday he had met personally with the background check teams.

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Cost of bringing MBTA into ‘good repair’ climbs to $7.3b

Written by Andy Metzger BOSTON — The cost of bringing the MBTA's trains, stations, tracks and other assets into good working condition has only grown larger with closer scrutiny, rising to $7.3 billion, according to a presentation on Monday.

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MBTA turning to private companies to increase service

Written by Andy Metzger BOSTON — The MBTA plans to test the appetite among private bus companies to provide service on all of the express bus routes, the lesser-traveled routes in Boston and the suburbs and late night service.