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Three MBTA managers revealed to be living hundreds of miles away, and often working remotely, were among more than 300 agency employees who received buyouts last year, according to state payroll records.

In written statements, the T acknowledged “deficiencies in our standpipe inspection program” and vowed to improve.

A top Federal Transit Administration official sent the T's leader a letter Thursday that cited four recent near miss incidents in which trains came dangerously close to workers on or around the MBTA’s subway tracks.

Rod Brooks, an MBTA senior safety advisor, will lead the Safety Department while officials search for Ester's replacement.

The chief safety officer of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is stepping down after three years of navigating the agency through intense federal scrutiny in the wake of a series of safety failures, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng announced Tuesday.

MBTA workers have been instructed to place protective covers on top of electrified third rails or turn the power to the rail off during nearby maintenance after...

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MBTA workers have been instructed to place protective covers on top of electrified third rails or turn the power to the rail off during nearby maintenance following an Aug. 2 incident that sent one employee to the hospital.

Update: Globe spokeswoman Heidi Flood confirmed this morning that Andrea Estes "no longer works at the Globe." I have edited the headline to reflect that. Update 2: Globe editor Nancy Barnes has told her staff that she's working to unravel what went wrong. Boston Globe reporter Andrea Estes, an investigative journalist whose recent error-riddled story about…

Legislators, transportation experts, and others expressed outrage over reports that some senior MBTA managers were working remotely in a time of crisis at the agency.