MBTA safety head stepping down at month's end
Ron Ester, the top safety official at the T, plans to resign after three years on the job.
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Ron Ester, the top safety official at the T, plans to resign after three years on the job.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Monday appointed veteran transit official Patrick Lavin, who worked on a 2019 independent report highlighting widespread...
Patrick Lavin will oversee safety on rail, bus, paratransit and highways across Massachusetts.
The feds ordered the MBTA to take immediate action to address right-of-way violations that led to five near-misses where employees were nearly struck by trains, and one incident that left a worker “seriously injured” in the past month.
The Federal Transit Administration warned there is a “substantial risk” of a death or injury on the agency’s tracks as dangerous close calls mount.