Subcommittee Field Hearing

Economic Impacts of Inadequate Transit Maintenance and Oversight: Examining Management Failures at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

Economic Policy Date:   Friday, October 14, 2022 Time:   11:00 AM Location:   JFK Federal Building 900A

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Topic

The COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled, “Economic Impacts of Inadequate Transit Maintenance and Oversight: Examining Management Failures at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.” The witness on Panel I will be: The Honorable Nuria Fernandez, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration. The witnesses on Panel II will be: The Honorable Michelle Wu, Mayor, City of Boston; Mr. Jarred Johnson, Executive Director, TransitMatters; Mr. Matthew Nelson, Chair, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities; and Mr. Steve Poftak, General Manager, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Member Statements

  1. Elizabeth Warren (D - Massachusetts)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. The Honorable Nuria Fernandez
    Administrator
    Federal Transit Administration

Panel II

  1. The Honorable Michelle Wu
    Mayor
    City of Boston
  2. Mr. Jarred Johnson
    Executive Director
    TransitMatters
  3. Mr. Matthew Nelson
    Chair
    Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
  4. Mr. Steve Poftak
    General Manager
    Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority