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The FTA warned that if the MBTA fails to "appropriately revise" its insufficient work plan and comply with other requirements that federal safety officials outlined, the T will be prohibited from right-of-way access.
The FTA rejected a work plan from the T.
The MBTA has until Monday to submit an updated plan for improving employee safety and preventing trains from striking workers after federal overseers, who still aren't satisfied with the T's staffing levels, deemed their initial proposal "insufficient."
MBTA stations will receive a “top to bottom” examination in the wake of a pair of falling-debris incidents at Harvard Station, Gov. Healey said on Sunday as she urged riders to remain patient with the transit agency’s woes. In an interview, Healey told WCVB’s On the Record that T stations are in a “state of disrepair” and attributed the problem to several years of inattention.
The parents of David Jones, a Boston University professor who died when he fell through a rusted-out staircase, are calling for action to "stop the pain and suffering."