Transportation

Contracts for MBTA expansion projects should be suspended for the rest of the year and Gov. Charlie Baker should be given short-term control over the embattled transit agency until a more thorough rescue plan can be developed for the T, a prominent Boston think-tank recommends.

Former Boston Redevelopment Authority chief Paul Barrett will no longer lead Gov. Charlie Baker's examination into the MBTA.

After weeks of steadily falling to just above $2 per gallon, the average retail price for a gallon of gasoline rose another 9 cents in Central Massachusetts last week, to $2.34, according to GasBuddy.com's daily survey of 263 gas outlets in Worcester.

Four crippling snowstorms in less than a month have led to a breakdown of the MBTA system,...

The MBTA is slowly restoring its service to levels that the system's riders had experienced before the first blizzard struck on Jan. 27. But restoring the public trust in the transit system will take much longer.

With its customers hampered by prolonged train delays and cancellations that began during the recent wave of snowstorms, the company that runs the Massachusetts commuter rail system said Thursday it will operate at full service by March 30.

Frank DePaola has worn many hats during his public sector service in Massachusetts and he's about to try on a new one thanks to a secret vote that went down Tuesday night.

With MBTA subway service largely restored over the weekend, General Manager Beverly Scott on Monday said her staff will be reviewing options to potentially reimburse public transit riders for fares paid during the recent spate of substandard performance.

After a steady plunge to around $2 a gallon, gasoline prices in Central Massachusetts have risen nearly 17 cents to an average of $2.25, according to GasBuddy.

Count House Speaker Robert DeLeo among those who are questioning plans for new services and projects at the troubled MBTA.