Shannon Larson
Transportation Reporter at The Boston Globe
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bostonglobe.com | Shannon Larson
Four former MBTA employees, and one current employee, were federally charged Thursday with allegedly falsifying Red Line track inspection reports, US Attorney Leah B. Foley’s office said in a statement. The employees all worked at the agency’s Cabot Yard maintenance facility in South Boston, which came under scrutiny last October when the T placed a number of employees on leave for allegedly working on private vehicles during work hours.
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bostonglobe.com | Shannon Larson
Three years ago, the MBTA laid out a timeline to electrify its bus fleet by the end of the next decade. With the agency facing a state mandate to get the job done, the plan was more than just an ambitious climate goal. By 2028, the T aimed to have purchased hundreds of battery electric buses, enough to make up nearly 30 percent of its fleet, and to overhaul the first three of its maintenance facilities to charge the vehicles.
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bostonglobe.com | Shannon Larson
Harvard University has long stood on top of the academic world. Thousands from all over clamor for a coveted spot every year at the Ivy League school with a reputation for cultivating future leaders, from Nobel Prize recipients to high-ranking elected officials. But now, as the standoff between the university and the Trump administration escalates, the appeal of Harvard, and its standing on the global stage, seemingly hangs in the balance.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Shannon Larson
The MBTA has hundreds of projects that the transit agency considers critical to future service goals. The latest five-year capital investment plan neglects many of them. “It’s a nuts and bolts document trying to hold the current system together,” said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA advisory board.
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bostonglobe.com | Shannon Larson
The MBTA has settled a lawsuit in the death of Robinson Lalin, who was dragged to his death three years ago when his arm got stuck in the car doors of a moving Red Line train. The transit agency will pay Lalin’s family $5 million, according to court records. As Robinson Lalin struggled to free himself from the subway doors at Broadway Station just after midnight on April 10, 2022, a safety system designed to prevent Red Lines trains from accelerating unless all doors are completely closed failed.
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