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I was confused about the differences in NYC vs. MBTA as well, but I'm just passing on the numbers that were reported to me. I suspect that the two agencies might have different standards for "failure", and MTA buses obviously operate in a much different environment as well. But the main point...

Here's the local angle: the MBTA may have a second-mover advantage here, and so far, internal performance data doesn't indicate the same rate of failures that MTA has had: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/07/06/while-nyc-warns-of-reliability-problems-the-t-stays-the-course-on-electric-buses

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/21/mbta-seeks-vendor-input-for-possible-platform-screen-door-pilot-program

We've got two electric bus stories this morning: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/11/photos-a-hard-hat-tour-of-the-mbtas-new-electric-bus-garages https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/05/11/the-ts-new-electric-buses-will-still-belch-diesel-fumes-for-winter-heat

I'm going to chime in here, because we categorically are not "intentionally lying" and I strongly disagree with the characterization that our reporting is "sensationalist." @Stlin is correct, there is quite a bit of nuance in the budget (maybe too much nuance for an internet forum), and we...

Can confirm – this agenda item is for the Ruggles station project. It was also on the PIC agenda two weeks ago for a first reading, and had also caught my eye back then.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/25/mbta-teaming-up-with-maryland-to-procure-new-battery-electric-trains

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/04/city-of-boston-restarts-rutherford-avenue-design-as-funding-deadline-looms

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/02/03/fares-frozen-south-stations-new-faregates-are-already-out-of-service

Per TransitMatters new trains tracker, looks like three of those sets are 4-car trains, so they're using the same number of cars (36) as they would with 6 full-length trains.

An update on Boston's center-running bus lane projects, which spent most of Mayor Wu's first term in planning limbo: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/19/bostons-bus-lane-projects-are-stuck-in-red-tape-leaving-riders-stuck-in-traffic

Bus trips on Boston's 10 highest-ridership routes take, on average, 15 percent longer than they did when Mayor Wu took office 4 years ago, and some of the worst slowdowns have been on fare-free routes through predominantly Black neighborhoods in Roxbury and Dorchester...

Construction photos from the Southampton Yard expansion project, which is being built to accommodate the new Airo trainsets: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/11/photos-amtraks-583-million-project-to-upgrade-its-boston-maintenance-facilities

The T says that accessibility rules required them to block access to the platform that's most easily accessible to the station building in their Worcester Union Station project: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/10/07/a-new-fence-welcomes-t-riders-to-worcesters-union-station

That was one of the recommendations from the so-called "30 day review" of bike lanes that the city did earlier this year: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25878537-mike-brohelcity-of-boston-30-day-street-project-review-memo-april-3-2025/#document/p2

Some more detail and context about the Zebras on Arlington: https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/09/30/boston-tries-out-better-barriers-to-sub-for-battered-bollards

Hi Kyle, I'm working on a story about the "better barriers" initiative in Boston, but I'm not in the city today so I'm wondering if I could have your permission to use the photo you took of the new armadillo barriers on Arlington Street? If that's OK, please let me know how you'd prefer to be...

Maybe there's a lawyer on here who can fact-check this, but my understanding is that state agencies (including the T) are not bound by local zoning laws.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/08/13/mbta-in-negotiations-to-acquire-former-beer-warehouse-in-medford-for-a-new-electric-bus-garage