Governor Healey and MBTA General Manager Eng Celebrates Completion of Track Improvement Program

Office of the Governor and MBTA · December 23, 2024

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Governor opening: announce removal of slow zones and time/economic savings

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Governor Healy opened the event, credited MBTA leadership and staff for eliminating slow zones systemwide for the first time in about 20 years and presented concrete time-savings figures (4 minutes blue line, 9 minutes green, 21 minutes orange, 60 minutes red) and a collective weekday savings reported as about 2,400,000 minutes; she also cited an estimated $950,000 daily economic boost. She thanked MBTA staff, labor and regional leaders and turned the program to Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll (SEG 001–SEG 060).

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Governor Healy and MBTA officials announced the MBTA has removed systemwide "slow zones" for the first time in decades, citing minutes saved for riders and an estimated economic benefit; officials said signal upgrades and other work will continue with a target to finish key signal projects before the 2026 World Cup.

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