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Gillette bridge gets OK for $9m

A key regional planning board gave final approval yesterday to Governor Deval Patrick’s plan to spend $9 million in federal stimulus money to build a footbridge over Route 1 near Gillette Stadium. The elaborate bridge had drawn opposition because it ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Deval Patrick,  Robert Kraft,  New England Patriots

T finance report renews questions on transportation pick

The highly critical independent report on the MBTA and its finances released this month has reignited questions about one of Deval Patrick’s picks for a new transportation board that is one of the most powerful panels in the state. Janice Loux, a union ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Deval Patrick,  John Hancock,  Unite Here,  U.S. Senate,  Michael E Capuano

Patrick pushes for cameras to catch red-light violators

Governor Deval Patrick is advancing a plan to make Massachusetts the 25th state to let cameras play traffic officer at red lights, an enforcement measure that many police chiefs and mayors have been seeking for years. The administration’s push has set ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chicago Tribune,  Deval Patrick,  Los Angeles Times,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Timothy P. Cahill

Verbally, bishop isn’t turning cheek

PROVIDENCE - The bishop from America’s most Catholic state, and increasingly one of the church’s most provocative prelates, has provided a rather concise explanation for his willingness to clash with politicians: Christians are not supposed to be nice, ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Patrick Kennedy,  U.S. House of Representatives

MBTA workers honored for roles in averting subway accident

MBTA Orange Line operator Charice Lewis saw the passengers at North Station flailing their arms. At about the same time, her radio crackled with a warning that she should pull her emergency brake to avoid hitting a woman who had fallen on the ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts General Hospital

State OK’s plan to study the Red Line

State transportation officials took several steps yesterday to reassure the public about the MBTA, including announcing plans to assign a high-level employee to oversee safety at the agency, which was the subject of a critical independent review ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.,  Harvard University,  Deval Patrick,  John Hancock

T’s high-profile woes keep agency stuck in vicious cycle

About a half-dozen MBTA inspectors crouched inside a dark and sooty Red Line tunnel Wednesday afternoon, banging and clanging away on the rails to make sure nothing was loose or out of joint. It made for good television footage and a nice front-page ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Deval Patrick,  Harvard University,  John Hancock

For the Kraft’s Patriot Place, a golden gateway

The Patrick administration is pushing through a plan to spend $9 million in federal stimulus money to build a walking bridge connecting parking lots on either side of Route 1 near Gillette Stadium. The lots belong to Robert Kraft, owner of the New ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robert Kraft,  New England Patriots,  Forbes Magazine,  Barack Obama

Inspection, assurances after Red Line warning

The man who spent much of the last three months studying the MBTA said yesterday that he would personally avoid riding on certain portions of the Red Line, triggering a series of reassurances from state officials but also an immediate inspection of a ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Hancock,  Deval Patrick,  Ray LaHood,  U.S. Senate,  Harvard University

Report finds T’s riders at risk

A decade of systemic neglect and mounting financial problems has left the MBTA with public safety issues that are far more serious than previously revealed and swiftly growing worse, according to a devastating independent report ordered by Governor ...

From NOAH BIERMAN, Boston Globe,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Deval Patrick,  John Hancock,  Harvard University

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