President Trump’s transportation secretary has ordered the MBTA to take immediate action to improve safety for riders and transit workers, or risk the loss of federal funding.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hit MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng with the federal order via a Thursday letter, saying that the T “must ensure a secure and clean environment, reduce crime, vagrancy and fare evasion, and maintain a safe operating system.”

“President Trump cares about our great cities and the hardworking Americans who inhabit them,” Duffy said in a Friday statement. “While local leaders seem intent on putting the needs of criminals first, we’re not waiting for the next Iryna. Chicago and Boston are on notice to take actions that enhance safety and reduce the crime affecting their riders a

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