MBTA answers questions about Tuesday's power outage

Published: Sep 03, 2024 Duration: 00:01:35 Category: News & Politics

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COMPOUNDED TO MAKE THINGS WORSE, PITCH BLACK STATIONS ACROSS THE MBTA SYSTEM YESTERDAY, AS A POWER ISSUE FORCED TRAINS ON ALL LINES TO STAND STILL FOR NEARLY AN HOUR. THERE WAS A POWER SURGE OUTSIDE OF OUR SYSTEM, BUT RIGHT NEAR OUR OPERATION CENTER, IT DID AFFECT ALL OF OUR LINES. IT AFFECTED OUR SIGNALS, MBTA GENERAL MANAGER PHIL ENG, SPEAKING TODAY AT AN EVENT HOSTED BY CONGRESSMAN JAKE AUCHINCLOSS ANNOUNCING A BILL TO BRING BACK A TAX DEDUCTION FOR EMPLOYERS THAT OFFER A SUBSIDIZED COMMUTER PASS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. HE SAYS THE EXTERNAL SURGE YESTERDAY CAUSED EVEN LONGER BACKUPS ON THE ORANGE LINE DUE TO SIGNAL PROBLEMS. THE POWER ISSUE THAT AFFECTED OUR SIGNALS WHEN THE SIGNALS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THE TRAIN MOVEMENT IS ALL BASED ON SIGNALS WHEN THAT MEANS IT GOES DARK, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY TAKE MANUAL CONTROL. THIS COMES ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER ANOTHER POWER FAILURE IMPACTED MOST OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL. THE GENERAL MANAGER, HOPING TO MAKE IT MORE RESILIENT, REALLY MORE A TESTAMENT TO WHY THE INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW IN TRANSPORTATION, NOT ONLY OUR TRACKS, BUT OUR POWER SYSTEMS, OUR SIGNAL SYSTEMS IS VITAL. THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER. THE T ALSO GEARING UP TO SHUT DOWN 18 MILES OF THE RED LINE FROM BRAINTREE TO JFK, UMASS FOR MORE THAN THREE WEEKS TO DO TRACK WORK AND REMOVE SPEED RESTRICTIONS. I THANK THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR PATIENCE BECAUSE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN BETTER RELY ON, THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR. SO THAT DIVERSION ON THE RED LINE, IT BEGINS ON FRIDAY AND GOES UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29TH.

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