Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Archives - BUSRide


APTA statement on MBTA police officer shot in the line of duty

American Public Transportation Association (APTA) President Michael Melaniphy released the following statement on Friday.

MBTA appoints Beverly A. Scott as general manager

The MassDOT Board of Directors voted to appoint Beverly A. Scott as general manager of the MBTA and MassDOT Rail & Transit Division Administrator.

MA congressman pushes increased tax benefits for transit riders

The Worcester Business Journal reports that U.S. Representative James McGovern is lobbying on Capitol Hill for increased tax benefits for mass transit riders.

Spit justice: MBTA now swabbing for DNA samples

Transit police for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will now begin swabbing and testing suspects who spit in the face of transit bus drivers and other MBTA employees.

Naming rights await MBTA properties

Boston-based Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is welcoming RFPs to sell naming rights for its bus, commuter rail and subway lines and stations to its Web site and Charlie Card.

Men claim MBTA driver was aggressor in alleged attack

men accused of attacking a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus driver on Wednesday claim the bus driver was the aggressor and deliberately drove the bus into a building, injuring several people.

Homeless woman charged in Boston MBTA bus attack

A woman accused of stripping off some of her clothing on a Boston transit bus then spiting in the driver’s face hitting her with a metal pipe is due in court Tuesday.