The city of Boston’s transit system, the oldest in the nation, has had a bad winter. Record amounts of snow in greater Boston, cold, and aging equipment are blamed for severe service disruptions that left freezing commuters standing on platforms waiting for trains that were late, or didn’t arrive at all. The MBTA raised the white flag and shut down the subways and commuter rail trains Tuesday to clear snow and assess damage. Governor Charlie Baker said he was “frustrated” with the MBTA.
WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with former Massachusetts Inspector General Greg Sullivan, now research director at the Pioneer Institute, who has studied the MBTA’s operations
