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The T may get millions from Congress. Will service still be cut? By Adam Vaccaro Globe Staff,Updated December 27, 2020, 4:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Reduced service could be difficult to restore promptly because of complexities involved in scheduling so many different routes, which usually takes place months in advance, transit advocates have argued.Lane Turner/Globe Staff/file The new federal coronavirus relief bill includes $14 billion to help transit systems fill huge gaps in fare revenue, a lifeline to agencies planning service cuts because of the financial crisis brought on by the pandem...

MBTA weighs service cuts against an unknowable future At the heart of the service cut debate is a murky outlook on transit ridership in a post-pandemic world By Adam Vaccaro Globe Staff,Updated December 13, 2020, 5:59 p.m. Email to a Friend An almost empty Park Street station in December, nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff The MBTA’s oversight board will consider a package of service cuts at its final meeting of the year Monday, though the scale of the reductions was unclear as officials scrambled to finalize the proposal into the weekend. After months of re...

Treated it as a pmandate to do what he wanted. he actually got a lot done legislatively. he passed comprehensive tax reform by march of that year. no child left behind, the patriot act, sarbanes-oxley. even the campaign finance bill. all came within that first two-year period. so the point is, is that if you're a president, no matter what your poll ratings may be, no matter what people may say about your mandate, if you go in with your agenda, you'll do fine. president trump will have a republican senate and a republican house. george w. bush had a 50/50 senate and ultimately lost the senate i...