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MBTA figures out cause of Orange Line track fire - the one in August that forced the evacuation of a train

WGBH reports that one of the little metal signs that lets T workers know where underground wires and stuff are came loose just as a train was passing by at the Medford/Malden line and came into contact with both the third rail and one of the train's electrical "shoes," causing a big spark that started a fire.

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The House and Senate would unanimously reject Baker's transportation bill and demand that all funding go toward maintenance and repair.

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We don't need safe bridges or "complete streets." Let's just throw more money at the T- which has a finite capacity for infrastructure work- to fix things like loose signs.

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They would raise revenue by heavily taxing solo driving to pay for the proposed budget and a large increase to what is already slated for the MBTA, so they could actually hire enough people to clear the backlog.

It isn't a zero sum game.

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is a hell of a drug

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