Transportation

Gov. Charlie Baker planned on Monday to personally appeal to members of the legislature's Transportation Committee to pass his bill putting the MBTA under a fiscal control board and authorizing other reforms aimed at fixing the agency.

Gov. Charlie Baker is aiming to restructure the MBTA in an effort to improve public transportation. Central Massachusetts communities are wondering whether these improvements will extend to the commuter rail lines that serve the region.

Revenues at Sevcon Inc. increased 13 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the second quarter of 2014, the Southborough company reported yesterday.

Sweeping aside the agency that oversees metro Boston's transit system and reassembling the bureaucracy was a path considered and rejected by a gubernatorial advisory panel, though it is not unreasonable, the state's transportation chief said Tuesday.

<i>(UPDATED May 5 at 8:20 a.m.)</i> U.S. Rep. James McGovern has filed a bill that would give states and local communities the ability to regulate propane gas facilities that are operated by rail carriers, his office announced Monday.

Providence & Worcester Railroad stockholders will receive a 4-cents-per-share dividend later this month, the company announced.

A rebound in crude oil pushed the price of gasoline up nearly 11 cents on average in the past week in Central Massachusetts, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

More than two years after Grafton selectmen sued to prevent the Grafton and Upton Railroad from delivering and installing four 80,000-gallon propane tanks at a planned North Grafton transloading facility, the dispute continues.

Gov. Charlie Baker today proposed legislation regulating ride-for-hire companies such as Uber and Lyft.

Leading House and Senate Democrats moved quickly on Wednesday to frame doubts around Gov. Charlie Baker's proposal...