{"id":84652,"date":"2022-10-07T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/framinghamsource.com\/?p=84652"},"modified":"2022-10-07T11:28:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T15:28:55","slug":"sen-warren-announces-senate-hearing-on-t-safety-leadership-failures-on-october-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/framinghamsource.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/07\/sen-warren-announces-senate-hearing-on-t-safety-leadership-failures-on-october-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Warren Announces Senate Hearing on T Safety & Leadership Failures on October 14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In full transparency, the following is a media release from Sen. Elizabeth Warren\u2019s office. She was elected by voters in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to serve the state in Washington DC in the US Senate. She is a Democrat<\/em>. (stock graphic)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BOSTON – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Economic Policy, announced that she will lead a hearing of the Subcommittee in Boston on Friday, October 14, 2022, entitled: \u201cEconomic Impacts of Inadequate Transit Maintenance and Oversight: Examining Management Failures at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.\u201d U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) will join the hearing as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe T has had a monumental failure in leadership, commuters are the ones paying the price, and it\u2019s time to hold folks accountable and make the necessary changes so everybody can have a safe and dependable ride,\u201d\u00a0said Senator\u00a0Warren.\u00a0\u201cI hope that MBTA Manager Poftak and DPU Chair Nelson will appear at the hearing and share their plan to get the T back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal Transit Administrator Nuria Fernandez, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Executive Director of TransitMatters Jarred Johnson will testify at the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Warren has also invited Steve Poftak, the General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and Matthew Nelson, Chair of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), to deliver testimony at the Subcommittee hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hearing will examine the T\u2019s failures to keep passengers safe and provide reliable service, and the urgent need to increase transparency and accountability at the T and the DPU. The hearing will emphasize the benefits of electrification as a long-term solution to improvise the reliability and safety of public transit, promote economic development and social justice, and mitigate the impacts of climate change.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021 and 2022, the MBTA experienced multiple serious rail incidents: <\/p>\n\n\n\n