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Mass Ranks Among Safest States To Use Public Transportation: Study Mass Ranks Among Safest States To Use Public Transportation: Study
Mass Ranks Among Safest States To Use Public Transportation: Study Massachusetts residents have read plenty of MBTA horror stories, but those are outliers according to a new report that ranks the Bay State as one of the safest in the country in public transportation.  Massachusetts came in eighth in the United States for public transportation safety, according to a pre-settlement legal funding company, High Rise Legal Funding.  The report analyzed data on bus fatalities between 2010-2022 from the Bureau of Transport Statistics, as well as rail accident data for 2022 from the Federal Railroad Administration. The number of bus fatalities …

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Teens Caught For 'Inexcusable' Attack On Woman At Boston MBTA Station: DA Teens Caught For 'Inexcusable' Attack On Woman At Boston MBTA Station: DA
Teens Caught For 'Inexcusable' Attack On Woman At Boston MBTA Station: DA An 18-year-old from Jamaica Plain has been ordered to conditional home confinement after being charged with an unprovoked attack on a 21-year-old woman at a Boston train station, officials said. Saul Diaz was charged on Monday, May 1 with unarmed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the attack that happened on Thursday, April 27, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office reports.  The woman told MBTA Police that she was on an outbound Red Line train when she saw a group of teenagers arguing with someone. One girl eventually looked at the woman and s…

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by David Cifarelli
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Four Busted For Red Line Assault That Broke Rider's Nose During Robbery Attempt: DA Four Busted For Red Line Assault That Broke Rider's Nose During Robbery Attempt: DA
Four Busted For Red Line Assault That Broke Rider's Nose During Robbery Attempt: DA Police in Boston arrested two women and two men in connection with the attempted robbery and beating of a Red Line rider last week, authorities said. They broke his nose and cut his face during the assault.  Ny-Jaya Monae Sampson, 19, of Boston, Seth Burns, 20, of Manchester, NH, and Sidney Amaral, 23, of Cambridge, were charged with four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault to rob, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.  A judge gave Sampson a $1,000 bail, and Burns was ordered held on a $2,000 bond, the prosecutor said. Garl…

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by Josh Lanier
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Federal Transit Authority Orders 'Immediate Safety Standdown' For The MBTA Federal Transit Authority Orders 'Immediate Safety Standdown' For The MBTA
Federal Transit Authority Orders 'Immediate Safety Standdown' For The MBTA The Federal Transit Authority (FTA) has ordered an immediate "safety standdown" for the MBTA in response to several recent "uncontrolled train movement incidents," MassLive reports.  The standdown, which will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 30, will require all MBTA workers to attend a safety briefing so that they can do their jobs.  This order came most recently after a Red Line train rolled out of its rail yard onto the tracks at the Braintree station on Monday, July 25, Boston.com reports.  In a statement, the MBTA said they share the FTA's concerns and are taking the necessary st…

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by David Cifarelli