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Officials are considering a proposal to fix the Green Line Extension during overnight construction in the first two weeks of November.

With the agency struggling to improve subway service and facing heightened scrutiny from federal regulators, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng reshaped the T’s management hierarchy last Friday (Sept. 22). Eng said the MBTA’s management team will now function with four “major divisions” – operations, safety, capital, and administration. He also outlined numerous staffing updates,

The MBTA is trying to chip away at its bus operator shortage by offering higher starting wages, and giving all drivers the option to work full-time hours. 

Previously, new drivers were limited to working 30 hours per week and had to wait three to six months before they could move into full-time positions, the T has said.

The controversial transit service cuts that will take effect next week will eliminate about 14 percent of the MBTA’s service in order to trim just one percent from the T’s $2.3 billion annual operating budget, according to MBTA officials. On March 14, the T will reduce the number of daily train trips on the Red, Orange, and Green lines by up to 20 percent, and run 5 percent fewer trains on the Blue Line (where ridership has been higher during the pandemic). On the bus system, riders of 22 b...