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A Green Line passenger's leg became caught in a closing door, T officials said, but the door did not automatically open back up because the operator had shut down the train to change its direction.
The most recent stretch of MBTA safety problems involved passengers and bags getting stuck in train doors and another "near miss" on the Green Line, officials said Thursday.
MBTA Chief Safety Officer Tim Lesniak said the MBTA had about as many "door incidents" in 2023 as it did in 2022, and about half as many as the annual average before the COVID-19 pandemic, when the MBTA had higher ridership.
The most recent stretch of MBTA safety problems involved passengers and bags getting stuck in train doors and another "near miss" on the Green Line, officials said Thursday. On Jan. 1, a passenger's leg became caught in a closing Green Line door at the Medford/Tufts station, according to a presentation MBTA Chief Safety Officer Tim Lesniak gave to the agency's board. The door
The MBTA pointed to possible operator error as the cause of an incident Monday where the Green Line doors closed on a woman's leg.