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Federal transit oversight agency warns MBTA about worker safety, orders immediate changes

Por: The Boston Globe Nation April 20, 2023

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Federal transportation regulators are sounding alarm bells again over safety incidents at the MBTA, including one in which a worker was seriously injured, and ordered the agency to immediately change its protocols and training before an employee gets killed.In a letter to new T general manager Phillip Eng on Tuesday, the Federal Transit Administration warned that there is a “substantial risk” of a death or injury on the agency’s tracks as... + full article



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