WBUR TODAY: The T's traffic problem
❤️ Donate Friday, November 21, 2025 🌤️ Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Good Morning Boston, Happy Friday. Today's the recommended deadline if you're buying a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving next week. But first, let's get to the news: WHAT HAPPENED TO SLOW ZONE SHORTSLEEVE? DIDN'T HE SOLVE ALL MBTA PROBLEMS? SLOW ZONE SHORTSLEEVE & THE WHITE TOOTHED GOVERNOR LEFT DISASTERS AT THE MBTA FOR GOV. MAURA HEALEY & MBTA PHIL ENG TO ADDRESS...WHICH THEY ARE SUCCESSFULLY ADDRESSING! Too fast too furious: Anyone who rides the Orange Line has felt the dramatic improvement over the past couple of years. Slow zones have been erased from the map . Trains are going as fast as 55 mph for the first time in recorded history. And this fall, the MBTA ran 422 scheduled trips a day — up from just 282 a year and a half ago. But in a slightly ironic twist, the Orange Line has a new problem: congestion. As T officials explained at a meeting yest...