Boston city officials and transit advocates are asking for federal assistance, urging them to help the MBTA accelerate its response to a rail dispatcher shortage behind the subway cuts and a bus driver shortage that prompted cuts on many routes.
The bus cuts in particular strip service from"the most loyal and transit-dependent riders," they said.
U.S. Labor Secretary Martin Walsh, Wu's predecessor, oversees the U.S. Department of Labor and is familiar with the struggles facing the T and the labor landscape in Massachusetts. "In addition to the direct impact on mobility and quality of life for the people of Metro Boston, the MBTA's inability to provide full service will increase some of the nation's worst congestion, further lock in unsustainable travel patterns, and make our decarbonization goals more difficult to reach," they said.
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