MBTA Plans 188 Days Of Service Interruptions To Fix Slow Zones By End Of 2024

By Beth Germano, CBS Boston

November 10, 2023

BOSTON - It's an issue that has plagued MBTA riders for months. But now the agency is giving riders a timeline for when all of the slow zones in the system should disappear. General Manager Phillip Eng says the work to make repairs on the rails should be complete by the end of next year.

Slow zones are all students Victoria Letendre has known as someone new to the city. "Depending on the day they're pretty bad. I've missed classes because of them, and they're kind of annoying to me," said Letendre.

It's annoying to just about everybody who is riding the T like student Jadun McCarthy who finds them inexplicable. "It's almost creepy why things are slowing down. Getting rid of those will be a relief," said McCarthy.

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