Recommendations for improving the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is one of the oldest transit systems in the United States. The MBTA is the largest consumer of energy in Massachusetts and the second largest land owner in Massachusetts. People depend on the MBTA on a daily basis to commute to work and school, to travel, or to visit family and friends. The MBTA operates in 175 different cities and towns in Massachusetts. The main challenge for the MBTA is maintaining a reliable and dependable transit system. In this essay, I will present several recommendations to improve the MBTA system. The MBTA’s systemic challenges were exposed during 6 weeks of frigid temperatures and record breaking snowfall in January and February 2015. The MBTA has also recently endured other challenges. For example, in December 2015, one MBTA Red Line train went through several stops without a train driver operating the train. As a result of this incident, one man...