The MBTA is preparing to close stretches of multiple subway and commuter rail lines for maintenance work on select upcoming ...

BOSTON (AP) — For Boston subway riders, it seems every week brings a new tale of transit woe. Runaway trains. Subway cars belching smoke and fire. Fatal accidents. Malfunctioning station escalators.

Brian Kane, chief of the MBTA’s public oversight board, has spent much of his working life pointing out the T’s problems. As with many longtime Boston-area residents, his attitude toward the agency is ...