(The following appeared on the Boston Globe website on February 8, 2011.)
BOSTON — MBTA general manager Richard A. Davey the authority’s board of directors yesterday that January was “one of the most challenging months at the MBTA in recent memory,’’ and he outlined the T’s plan to try to improve service for the rest of a winter that shows little sign of abating.
The high snowfall totals and unusually cold temperatures have taxed commuters not just on the T but on highways and local roads, as well, and they have strained the state’s snow-removal finances, Davey and state Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey B. Mullan said.
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