USA Today (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
TOP SYSTEMSTen largest mass transit systems, based on passenger trips in 2007 (in billions):MTA New York City Transit 3.26 Chicago Transit Authority 0.50 Los Angeles County MTA 0.50 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 0.41 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston) 0.36 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia) 0.32...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Wareham, MA (PRWEB) November 22, 2009 -- Archit8 Studio LLC receives certification from the State Office of Minority and Woman Business Assistance (SOMWBA) as a woman-owned business enterprise (WBE) and a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE). DBE certification is a Federal designation used in conjunction with US Department of Transportation (US DOT) funded projects and contracts. State agencies...
Pats Pulpit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
View full size photo » If you're not from the Boston area, you may not have read about this story. A little background, if I may. The "T", short for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a network of trains, subways, buses, and boats that comprises much of the public transportation in the Boston area and its suburbs. I've used the MBTA for many years,...
Train Stopping (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... train at North Station hit a truck parked near the tracks this morning, but no one was injured, authorities said. The inbound train was arriving from Beverly and was making its final stop when it clipped the truck just before 9 a.m., said Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority spokesman Joe Pesaturo . Service was not delayed and passengers departed safely at North Station....
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
... those who need to park longer to either use municipal lots or pay to park at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station on West Street.“I have three guys on the day shift and they can’t get downtown continual ly,’’ Stillman said. “I blindsided the selectmen with this, but I think it is the way to resolve the problem.’’Stillman floated his suggestion at a meeting this month....
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The state has designated just three full-time engineers and two part-timers to oversee safety and security regulation of the entire MBTA, the nation’s fifth-largest transit system.DiscussA federal proposal announced over the weekend could change that by putting safety issues for all of the nation’s transit systems under the supervision of the US Department of Transportation. The proposal was...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The driver of Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero. Charice Lewis got a radio call from fellow Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employee Jacqueline...
Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A young woman going home after a party at which she'd had too much to drink fell onto the train track while waiting for a train at a station on the MBTA [Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority] Orange Line. As the train barreled down on her, passengers on the platform tried desperately to warn the driver, Charice Lewis, and with some quick thinking to put it together, some help from...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
An MBTA driver has been suspended and is facing termination after being caught sending a text message while operating a Green Line trolley.DiscussSpokesman Joe Pesaturo tells the Boston Herald that the employee was suspended without pay Thursday and will be the third MBTA worker fired under the agency's zero-tolerance texting policy.Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officials...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Boston - The driver of a Boston subway train that stopped just centimetres short of a woman who had fallen onto the tracks says she expected the worst.Charice Lewis told CBS's The Early Show on Wednesday that she thought to herself, "Please God, let this woman be okay" before getting out of her cab to check.Lewis said the woman just smiled at her.Lewis got a call from fellow Massachusetts Bay Transportation...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Lewis got a call from fellow Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employee Jacqueline Osorio, who was standing on the platform at North Station on Friday night when she saw the woman tumble. Osorio said the scene was "horrific."
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In this image made from a Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 surveillance video provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, an unidentified woman stumbles before falling onto the subway tracks at Boston's North Station. The woman suffered some scrapes and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. She told authorities she had been drinking.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In this image made from a Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 surveillance video provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, an unidentified woman stumbles before falling onto the subway tracks at Boston's North Station. The woman suffered some scrapes and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. She told authorities she had been drinking.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Lewis got a call from fellow Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employee Jacqueline Osorio, who was standing on the platform at North Station on Friday night when she saw the woman tumble. Osorio said the scene was "horrific."
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Lewis got a call from fellow Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employee Jacqueline Osorio, who was standing on the platform at North Station on Friday night when she saw the woman tumble. Osorio said the scene was "horrific."
