By Nik DeCosta-Klipa, Boston.com; September 24, 2019
The MBTA is doubling down on double-decker commuter rail cars.
The transit agency’s Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a deal Monday to buy 80 new bi-level coaches, as part of a plan to significantly increase the number of double-deckers cars in its fleet over the next decade in order to increase overall capacity. Commuter rail ridership increased more than 21 percent between 2012 and 2018, official said.