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	Assessing the Effectiveness of MBTA Commuter Rail
		Since an extensive commuter rail network is already established, it is important to identify if there are any weaknesses of the operations in order to make certain the system is as efficient as possible.
		For the sample commuter data by town, each of the commuters had to be allocated to the nearest train station.
		While analyzing the effectiveness of the commuter rail network, several problems were encountered in both the data collection and extent of the study area.
	students.clarku.edu /~kkuzera/projects/kuzera_petrova_final.html (1936 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - MBTA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision"?title=of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area.
		An additional south side commuter rail line, the Greenbush Line, is currently under construction; a south-side branch to Fall River and New Bedford is in the planning stages.
		Extension of commuter rail to Peabody and Danvers.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=MBTA (3821 words)

	MBTA Commuter Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MBTA Commuter Rail is the commuter rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
		Several extensions of the MBTA commuter rail network are either on-going or currently being debated: As of 2004, the Greenbush Line is being restored and a service extension of the Lowell Line to Nashua, New Hampshire is being considered.
		When the MBCR began operating the Commuter Rail in July of 2003,[1] nothing changed for the commuters as it is the MBTA that owns the trains, tracks, and sets the schedules.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MBTA_Commuter_Rail (900 words)

	MBTA Commuter Rail - Information from Reference.com
		The MBTA Commuter Rail is the Regional rail arm of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
		A North-South Rail Link is proposed to unify the two halves of the Commuter Rail system, but as of May 2006 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has withdrawn its sponsorship of the proposal due to its high cost.
		Several extensions of the MBTA commuter rail network are either on-going or currently being debated: As of 2004, the Greenbush Line is being restored and a service extension of the Lowell Line to Nashua, New Hampshire is being considered.
	www.reference.com /search?q=MBTA+Commuter+Rail (910 words)

	How the Labor Department Can Bring Common Sense to a Rail Contract
		When Amtrak took over the MBTA's commuter rail operations in 1987 and the DOL certified that fair and equitable labor protections were in place, the Boston-area commuter rail system was not classified as an "acquired mass transportation system" and Amtrak was not required to provide "assurances of employment" to all existing employees.
		As the MBTA commuter rail controversy attracted increasing attention, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs entered the fray, holding a pair of revealing hearings on the topic during the spring and summer of 2000.
		The MBTA's 13(c) agreement was negotiated in 1974, but more than 25 years and countless federal grants later, the Labor Department suddenly imposed clauses making a third party responsible for MBTA 13(c) obligations and mandating the carryover of all existing employees, unions, and collective bargaining agreements to the new contractor.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Labor/BG1552.cfm (3186 words)

	UTU: News
		BOSTON -- As MBTA commuter rail passengers walk briskly through the dirty glass doors at South Station to their idling ride home, their expectations are low nowadays, according to a report by Mac Daniel that appeared in the Boston Globe.
		Three rail carriers, two with foreign ties and none of them being Amtrak, made their pitch to run the MBTA's commuter rail operation, the fourth largest commuter rail network in the nation.
		Rail specialists said the winner of the T contract gains a valuable foothold in the US rail market that could eventually lead to head-to-head competition with Amtrak for passenger rail service around the country.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=3853 (1390 words)

	MBTA commuter rail struggles to meet surge in ridership - The Boston Globe
		MBTA commuter rail, the new way to work for thousands because of the Big Dig tunnel closings, struggled yesterday with new speed restrictions and disabled trains that delayed and infuriated riders.
		The T is also considering shifting newly added midday trains to the rush hour and plans to add four more coaches to the north and south commuter lines this morning, with five to six more by this afternoon's commute.
		The commuter railroad's contract with the MBTA requires 333 coaches to operate out of North and South stations during peak commutes, but it acknowledged that it was down about 20 yesterday.
	www.boston.com /news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2006/07/19/commuter_rail_struggles_to_meet_surge_in_ridership/?p1=email_to_a_friend (578 words)

	MassGIS - Trains Datalayer Description
		CTPS added several attributes pertaining to type of service, MBTA Commuter Rail status and stations (current and proposed, including the Greenbush line), rail line ownership, and freight and passenger operation.
		The MBTA subway lines are included in the MBTA layer.
		Segments of rail trails that are in the railroad right-of-way have been added.
	www.mass.gov /mgis/trains.htm (714 words)

	Fare and Pass Information for Commuter Rail Service
		The T Commuter Rail system is comprised of 11 lines and over 100 T stations, each located in specific "zones".
		All Commuter Rail Zone fares and passes are valid for travel to or from North Station, South Station, Back Bay Station and other Zone 1A stations.
		Commuter Rail Interzone fares and passes are intended for suburban travel.
	www.mbta.com /fares_and_passes/rail (499 words)

	PJM News - Commuter rail head steps down under fire (10473861/KRTB)
		When the consortium was awarded the contract to run commuter rail, many rail watchers saw it as a chance for the company to prove it could run a railroad and compete for more contracts.
		The T's commuter rail system is the fifth largest commuter rail network in the United States, serving 40 million passengers a year in nearly 80 cities and towns in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
		Grabauskas, who has threatened to put the commuter rail contract back out for bid if there are widespread problems, said improvements would have to continue into the fall, when commuter rail is traditionally slowed by leaves on tracks and suffers a lack of heat in coaches.
	news.pajamasmedia.com /politics/2006/08/25/10473861_Commuter_rail_he.shtml (1007 words)

	Commuter Rail in New Hampshire - UrbanPlanet.org
		Of particular concern was the amount of time spent discussing -- some rail proponents would say debating -- the merits of taking the land off the tax rolls for a commuter rail project and the appropriateness of subsidizing train fares with taxpayer dollars....
		...The commuter rail complex proposed under the Senate measure is the same as the facility suggested previously by state transportation officials.
		Yes getting commuter rail up to Manchester and down to TF Green in Rhode Island is key to the regionalization plan for Boston's airports.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=2050 (2862 words)

	cbs4boston.com - MBTA Expands Commuter Rail Service To Providence
		MBTA officials said the expanded service is a result of a partnership between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which obtained federal funds for the increased service and a new train layover facility in Pawtucket.
		Two new commuter rail stations near T.F. Green Airport in Warwick and North Kingstown are being planned.
		MBTA General Manager Daniel Grabauskas said more than 1,000 people board the commuter rail daily in Providence.
	cbs4boston.com /local/local_story_195150046.html (313 words)

	Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
		Boston’s commuter rail system is one of the largest in North America, carrying about 70,000 riders each workday.
		Fed up with what it believed to be high costs and poor service, the MBTA — with a push from the Federal Transit Administration — decided to break the contract into three parts and open it to competitive procurement.
		At least one of its past Boston commuter rail deals was a cost-plus rather than fixed-price contract, and that’s clearly what Amtrak would have liked here.
	www.pioneerinstitute.org /research/opeds/testi_cc120302.cfm (967 words)

	Live from the Third Rail - Archives
		The Boston Globe reports that a teenager jumped from a moving commuter rail train is Boston yesterday when a conductor told him that the train he was on was an Express train and would be missing his stop.
		MBTA is launching a new campaign for courtesy from both them and us.
		Boston's MBTA has proposed to raise fares (45¢ for subway, 35¢ for bus) and the normally disgruntled riders are hopin' mad.
	thirdrail.smorgasblog.com /archives/2006_06.html (4791 words)

	Rail/Transit noise and vibration control consulting services - Inter-City and Commuter Rail Systems
		HMMH was the noise and vibration consultant for the MBTA during the reinstatement of commuter rail service along three lines to the Boston South Shore.
		HMMH performed the noise and vibration assessments for the draft and final EIS and was part of the final engineering design team to implement the mitigation recommendations of the environmental studies.
		The study has included developing appropriate criteria for noise and vibration impact, modeling noise and vibration from diesel locomotive powered commuter rail trains, evaluation of potential impacts at the layover sites, and specification of noise and vibration mitigation measures.
	www.hmmh.com /rail_commuter01mbta.html (135 words)

	BadTransit
		None of this qualified as “news” to anyone who regularly commutes by T. But perhaps it was a slow news week at the Globe, as they breathlessly reported that the escalators at Alewife station don’t work and then a few days later that the CharlieCard trial on the Silver Line was a miserable failure.
		MBTA rail still not up to on-time standard Two years after a private contractor took over running MBTA commuter rail service, more trains are arriving on time, but the contractor is still not meeting the required standards.
		And to conclude, the MBTA once again trots out the tired statement that the MBCR contract is saving millions of dollars in comparison to the Amtrak contract - a statement that makes you wonder why they are now $35 million in debt for this year, and axing the Night Owl bus service.
	www.badtransit.com /index.php?/site/comments/breaking_news_commuter_rail_trains_often_late (1115 words)

	Rail
		Passenger rail service in New Hampshire is provided by the Amtrak Downeaster, with stops in Dover, Durham, and Exeter, and the Vermonter, with a stop at Claremont Junction as well as Vermont communities in the Connecticut Valley.
		The Department of Transportation is working with the City of Nashua, Nashua Regional Planning Commission and others to extend the MBTA commuter rail system from Lowell, MA to Nashua over the next few years.
		Tourist excursion railroads also make an important contribution to the state's rail infrastructure, keeping the state-owned lines open and maintained and playing a key role in the tourism industry.
	www.state.nh.us /dot/bureaus/railandtransit/RailInfo.htm (325 words)

	MBTA Commuter Rail - Definition, explanation
		The four lines of the Commuter Rail leaving from North Station are, from west to northeast:
		No direct connection exists between the two stations and there are no current plans to remedy this deficit; passengers wishing to travel from one station to the other must use the MBTA subways and change subway trains at either Park Street or Downtown Crossing stations.
		An extension of the Stoughton Line is proposed to Fall River, Massachusetts and New Bedford, Massachusetts, and the Attleboro Line is planned for extension to T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/mb/mbta_commuter_rail.php (634 words)

	UTU: News
		That was followed by the death of a commuter rail passenger who had a heart attack aboard a train that continued on its route, making two station stops before reaching emergency medical workers.
		MBTA officials said they were given no reason for Lydon's dismissal.
		The national head of the Transport Workers Union of America is seeking a meeting with Gunn as well as an independent audit of Amtrak's commuter rail operations.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=3423 (748 words)

	GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA - Gloucester man out as commuter rail czar
		Ridership on the commuter trains soared after a portion of the ceiling in a Big Dig tunnel collapsed July 10, killing a Jamaica Plains woman and leading to tunnel closures that had many commuters looking for alternative ways to get to work.
		The ferry costs Hartigan about $48 more per month than the commuter rail, but she said the extra money is worth it.
		The 13-line commuter rail system carries an average of 140,000 passengers on weekdays.
	www.gloucestertimes.com /local/local_story_238064414 (849 words)

	Interstate commuters jam rail service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Officials from MBTA and the R.I. Department of Transportation say work is afoot to increase rail service from Providence to Boston by the end of this year.
		However, extending commuter service from Kingston is not on the drawing board, Devine said, because Amtrak has not been receptive to lowering its fees or altering its schedule to accommodate commuters.
		Lydia Rivera, a spokeswoman for MBTA, said her agency and RIDOT entered into a contract in 1988 called the Pilgrim Partnership, an agreement to enhance commuter rail services in Rhode Island.
	www.pbn.com /stories/printdetails.php?id=115299 (1061 words)

	Pioneer Institute - Effective Public Management
		On top of this, the T is living with a new financing formula–so-called forward funding–that basically requires the MBTA to live within a set budget instead of getting unlimited state support.
		With the 2002 decision by Amtrak not to rebid on the contract to operate the MBTA’s commuter rail service, Pioneer’s three-and-a-half year fight to open the commuter rail contract to true competition came to a successful end.
		Measured either by cost per mile or per hour of service, the MBTA is the most expensive transit system in America to operate.
	www.pioneerinstitute.org /about/e4epm/e4_T.cfm (553 words)

	SouthCoastToday.com - Commuters: MBTA blew its big chance - August 27, 2006
		Ridership on MBTA commuter trains soared after a ceiling in a Big Dig tunnel collapsed, leading to closures that had many commuters looking for alternate ways to get to work.
		Ridership on the commuter trains soared after a ceiling in a Big Dig tunnel collapsed on July 10, killing a motorist and leading to tunnel closures that had many commuters looking for alternate ways to get to work.
		Daniel Grabauskas, general manager of the MBTA, acknowledged that the T missed a golden opportunity to attract and keep new riders in the aftermath of the Big Dig tunnel closures.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/08-06/08-27-06/01state-region.htm (866 words)

	Summer Stages Dance @ Concord Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Concord Academy campus is a five-minute walk from the MBTA commuter rail stop in Concord.
		For detailed schedule and fare information, call the MBTA at (800) 392-6100 or (617) 222-3200 or click here to be connected to the MBTA website.
		Concord Academy is a five-minute walk from the MBTA commuter rail stop in Concord.
	www.summerstagesdance.org /directions.html (471 words)

	Live from the Third Rail: Archive
		The article also notes that a railroad worker was fatally injured by a piece of machinery at another commuter rail station.
		The MBTA website is silent about these accidents and deaths.
		The MBTA doesn't have it on their news area nor on the Transit Police one.
	thirdrail.smorgasblog.com /archives/002730.html (319 words)

	MBTA > Riding the T > Bikes on the T
		The MBTA is installing bike racks on many of our buses per the recommendations of the MBTA′s Bicycle and Transit Advisory Committee.
		Bikes are allowed anytime except during weekday rush hours (morning inbound and evening outbound), which are shaded on the Commuter Rail schedules.
		Folding bikes are allowed on Subway, Commuter Rail and buses at any time when folded in the most compact position and carried in a carrying case intended for that purpose.
	www.mbta.com /riding_the_t/bikes (1342 words)

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