Press Releases: MBTA

Study Finds Poor Governance Structure, Lack of Accountability and Transparency at Heart of MBTA Retirement Fund Failings MBTARF dramatically underperforms state retirement fund, is plagued by cronyism and endemic conflicts of interest A poor governance structure that gives control over hundreds of...

Despite claims to the contrary, overly generous benefits, early retirement perks render troubled MBTA Retirement Plan unsustainable BOSTON – The commonwealth should develop a plan to transfer MBTA employees from the transit authority’s troubled retirement plan to the state system, according to...

Study Finds Financial Condition of MBTA Retirement Plan Deteriorated Sharply, But Lack of Transparency Makes It Impossible To Know Why Plan doesn’t post financial statements or investment performance online, isn’t subject to state pension regulations BOSTON – The MBTA Retirement Plan’s financial...

Pioneer Institute Study Highlights Overspending on MBTA Bus Maintenance A new study from Pioneer Research Director and former Massachusetts Inspector General Greg Sullivan finds that the MBTA spends more than twice as much maintaining its buses than comparable transit agencies do, and that...

Pioneer’s new research director (former state Inspector General) Greg Sullivan is the author of the new policy brief outlining concerns with procurement of the MBTA’s commuter rail contract.  It’s the first in a series he will be releasing on this issue. Runaway...

STUDY: TIE NEW FUNDING TO PERFORMANCE, IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION REFORM Phasing in additional money based on MassDOT performance will improve service Massachusetts’ aging transportation infrastructure needs about $2.6 billion in new investment over six years that would come in stages based on...

Expect more on the Pioneer Plan for Transportation in the coming days. Already in January, we issued a detailed Public Statement on the governor’s transportation plan. Expect in the next week or two a full report. In the interim, here is a...

Pioneer Institute Public Statement from Executive Director Jim Stergios on transportation needs in Massachusetts, and the Governor's recently released proposal.

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