Why is MBTA Green Line so slow?

The transit agency said the speed restrictions were implemented after finding that tracks along the extension had narrowed. At a board meeting last month, MBTA Chief of Infrastructure Doug Connett suggested that the Green Line Extension, which was built by a number of contractors, “didn't meet construction standard.”



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