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MBTA

T pension fund chief steps down amid scrutiny of finances

BOSTON – Michael Mulhern, the head of the MBTA Retirement Fund, is resigning after 10 years in that post, asserting that the fund has been subjected to "ill-informed" criticism. In a letter dated Monday to James Evers, the chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Fund board, Mulhern,

Massachusetts

DePaola stepping down as MBTA GM, officials say

BOSTON – Frank DePaola, the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, will step down at the end of next month as he seeks to focus on his ongoing fight with cancer, state officials said Monday. "As some of you know, Frank has been battling cancer for months and

boston

Green Line extension cost cut to $2.3 billion in latest estimate

BOSTON – State officials shaved about $622 million from the cost of the Green Line Extension project, putting the new price tag at about $2.3 billion and leaving an estimated $73 million funding gap, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told reporters ahead of a critical meeting on the project Monday afternoon.

Maryland

DC Metro will brake for updates over next year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's beleaguered subway system will endure a year of rolling shutdowns and slowdowns in an effort to catch up on maintenance and improve safety and reliability. Metro's general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, said Friday that his plan calls for squeezing three years' worth of

boston

T buses cost twice as much to maintain as Chicago’s, data show

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's bus maintenance costs run about twice as high as the Chicago Transit Authority and the T's per-vehicle-hour maintenance spending is almost twice as high as the average for the state's regional transit authorities, according to data presented Monday.