MBTA lifts 'global' speed restriction on Mattapan Line
On Thursday, the MBTA announced that its Mattapan Line was no longer subject to a blanket speed restriction of 25 mph.
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On Thursday, the MBTA announced that its Mattapan Line was no longer subject to a blanket speed restriction of 25 mph.
Tania Fernandes Anderson, who chairs the City Council’s Ways & Means Committee, told members of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) early this month that the city bureaucracy moves too slowly in distributing funds and the Main Streets model does not work in Black and Brown communities. She suggested that some other type of program replace the model in communities
A series of localized speed restrictions put in place by the MBTA late last week are still in place as of Sunday evening.
Departure time changes are happening on the Red, Blue and Orange lines, but times between trains will be similar to their current frequency.
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