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MBTA backing out of PTC agreement

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:37 PM

Why do I get the feeling MBTA feels it can play fast and loose with the rules like another Boston area institution.

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Posted by PNWRMNM on Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:10 PM

I am guesing that if they do not live up to the agreement they will not be running their trains on Pan Am tracks after PTC deadline.

I also find it verging on the hysterically hypocritical that the publicly funded comunter operators, who are hauling passengers after all, are as a group far behind the freight carriers as a group in implementing that great safety improvement PTC.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Thursday, December 22, 2016 8:47 PM

I am guessing someone pointed out to MBTA that they did not have the authority they thought they had to enter into the agreement.  I am guessing it is someone concerned with the financing of the project.

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MBTA backing out of PTC agreement
Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 1:25 PM

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