WBUR TODAY: Not another T closure
❤️ Donate Wednesday, August 5, 2026 ☀️ Mostly sunny, with a high of 89. Good Morning Boston, It's Wednesday. Bluebikes is offering a $15 credit for National Wellness Month this week — and those free rides could soon come in handy (just enter BCBSMAWELLNESS in the rewards section of their app): HE ISN'T CALLED SLOW ZONE SHORTSLEEVE FOR NO REASON! Back on track: We just got over a brutal 10-day partial shutdown on the Red Line . And yet, the start of a massive, nine-day Green Line closure is staring us down this Saturday. And that's followed shortly after by an 11-day suspension of half the Orange Line to close out August. What is this, 2024 all over again? Not so, says Phil Eng. WBUR's Tiziana Dearing spoke to the MBTA general manager (and yes, also still-interim transportation secretary) about why so much of the T has been out of service lately. Why are these still happening? Eng says it's about "efficiency." During the 2024 track repair campaign...