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Aroon164 t1_je5qs6h wrote

Reply to comment by ToadScoper in Transit experts say new MBTA general manager will 'fail' without more resources by ToadScoper

There is no need for a control board. Let the GM manage as he sees fit if he fails it’s on him. The fiscal management control board was a bad idea to begin with. The fiscal management control board only added another layer of bureaucratic BS and less of a chance that change would happen. Charlie Baker was given everything he asked for as far as the T goes and he didn’t change anything for better.

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ToadScoper OP t1_je5us92 wrote

The previous board was highly regarded and actually ran the T very well. They got capital projects such as the GLX and SCR back on track and even planned for commuter rail electrification. Any progress the previous board made was pulled back when the Baker-appointed board was put in charge in 2021.

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Aroon164 t1_je6r3ok wrote

The board was Baker appointed from the beginning. GLX has never been on track over budget and behind schedule from the beginning. AFC 2.0 is the same. Green line train protection is even worse. The orange and red line trains speak for themselves. What did they get correct? They had a 3 year moratorium on the tax payer protection act and all they did was give private contractors capital projects that went over budget and behind schedule.

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