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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3392 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3705 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the MBTA. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3392 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3705 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3705) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the MBTA. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 161A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2following section: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 53. (a) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall expand its public |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4dashboards to include benchmarking metrics against regional transit authorities, including but |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5not limited to the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority and the Worcester Regional Transit |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6Authority. The metrics shall include cost-per-passenger-trip, cost-per-vehicle-mile, revenue |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7recovery ratios, administrative overhead as a percentage of operating costs, and other |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8performance indicators as determined by the authority. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (b) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall establish a system to monitor |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10on-time performance for all modes of transit, including buses, commuter rail, ferries, and subway |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11services. The authority shall adopt an on-time performance goal of 80 percent or higher and 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12conduct monthly route audits. The findings of such audits shall be made publicly available |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13through the authority’s reliability dashboard. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 (c) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall develop and implement a fleet |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15replacement program to modernize its vehicle inventory. The program shall prioritize the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16acquisition of low-emission and accessible vehicles and shall comply with federal and state |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17environmental standards. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18 (d) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall equip all vehicles with real- |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19time tracking technology to monitor service delays, passenger load, and operational status. The |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20tracking data shall be integrated into the authority’s public dashboards to provide real-time |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21updates to passengers and transit planning staff. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22 (e) The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall submit an annual report to the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23Joint Committee on Transportation and the clerks of the House of Representatives and Senate. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24The report shall summarize: (1) progress on the implementation of benchmarking metrics and |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25public dashboard updates; (2) results of monthly route audits and progress toward on-time |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26performance goals; (3) updates on the fleet replacement program; and (4) improvements in |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27service reliability, cost-effectiveness, and passenger satisfaction. |
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