Massachusetts faces a huge question mark about how to fund the future of transportation in the commonwealth. And we need a plan.A new report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation described the challenge as “near insurmountable” given the...

“Given that the MBTA lacks sufficient resources to even manage the previous $10 billion SGR Index, let alone the projects in the unconstrained 10-year spending framework, an additional $2 billion in capital needs puts the capital gap at near...

A Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report released last week reached many of the same conclusions. Without an influx of new employees, the MBTA will not be able to elevate service levels, fix deteriorated infrastructure and focus on new major...

He also addressed a recent Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation report which concluded that the T will need to hire around 2,800 workers within the next 12 months if it hopes to address service cuts, safety issues, and other ongoing challenges. ...

A sobering report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation shows the T won’t be fixed, much less back to normal, any time soon. But that’s no reason to give up on it. The system, MTF found, needs nearly 50 percent more new hires in the next...

The T’s bus driver shortage is part of a larger hiring problem facing the agency. A report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation last week said the T must hire 2,800 workers in the next 12 months for the system to be fully operational. ...

The Taxpayers Foundation, in the latest of a series of reports on the financial and operational status of the critical transportation system, said its analysis of MBTA payroll data, state demographics, and studies by both industry groups and...

Between an upcoming wave of retirements at the T and an increasingly difficult labor market, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation — the think tank behind the report — forecasts an uphill battle. “A sufficient workforce is the most fundamental...

According to a new report by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF), the transit agency needs to focus on improving infrastructure, financial plans, and internal organization. “The MBTA is in a full-blown crisis. Failure to fix it has...

A cavalcade of missteps, hazards and failures at the MBTA have prompted some public figures to call for the transit agency to be absorbed into another department or placed under federal control, but those actions would not address the deep-seated...