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With the agency struggling to improve subway service and facing heightened scrutiny from federal regulators, MBTA General Manager Phil Eng reshaped the T’s management hierarchy last Friday (Sept. 22). Eng said the MBTA’s management team will now function with four “major divisions” – operations, safety, capital, and administration. He also outlined numerous staffing updates,
MBTA GM Phillip Eng announced a series of personnel moves Friday that restructures the agency under four divisions, according to an email obtained by Herald.
The MBTA general manager also said the system will have new directors overseeing the commuter rail, water, rail and bus transportation.
By Rebeca Pereira, Reporter Correspondent June 16, 2021 Rebeca Pereira, Reporter Correspondent Journey Johnson (left) and mom Doner Johnson on the "Vax Express," which pulled into Blue Hill Ave. Station on Wednesday, June 16. (Rebeca Pereira photo) On Wednesday, 12-year-old Journey Johnson stepped onto the train platform at Blue Hill Ave. station with a freshly stamped vaccine card in hand and big plans to celebrate the start of an immunized summer vacation: Coffee ice-cream, she said, her “absolute favorite flavor.” “I thought [the coronavirus vaccine] was going to hurt, but I got it...
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