The MBTA is hiring new workers at an “unprecedented” rate, ... And according to MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo, it now stands at 6,384, which is above its 2016 peak of 6,142 ...

It is a job fair, highlighting all the open positions at the MBTA (almost 1,000), and the career opportunities available at the agency — from rookie bus driver, to accountant to engineer.

The MBTA is having problems hiring new employees, and all the news about the T’s recent mishaps isn’t helping. “We're getting our asses kicked in the press these days. There isn’t a day that goes by ...

The MBTA risks losing nearly $275 million in federal funds for noncompliance with hiring laws, according to a letter from federal transportation officials. The letter, sent Monday by officials ...

The MBTA will be running some of its subway lines at reduced-service weekend levels every day through the summer as it tries to address a /hamstrung-mbta-turns-to-hiring-blitz/">Read More</a> ...

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak called the cuts necessary but temporary, until the agency can hire more dispatchers. "We have already embarked on a hiring blitz," Poftak said.

The MBTA continues to struggle with spending the money it has available to improve service and needs to crank up hiring to get projects ... Subscribe Now. 60°F. Friday, May 2nd 2025 E-Edition.

Phil Eng, who began leading the MBTA in April, said in an interview on WBUR the T is “hiring at a rate we’ve never hired before,” but is seeing far too many employees exit the troubled agency.

Now, the MBTA is short even more bus drivers than it was a year ago. In December 2021, T spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said the agency had 1,558 drivers and needed around 300 more to bring back pre ...

In previous years, the MBTA has used a lottery to pare down a pool of job-seekers far greater than the number of available positions. A spokesperson said one human resources employee recalled that a ...