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mbtareview.com; interview with David D’Alessandro

November 4, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 10 Comments

At this link is where you can find D'Alessandro's report on the pretty desperate safety and financial situation of the MBTA, reported on by the Globe this am.More later. Update: NECN's got the in-person statements from … [Read more...]

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Comment of the day

August 10, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 1 Comment

OK, I was away this weekend, and this was posted on Friday -- better late than never. This is really Mass. Politics 101 stuff, from Ed Poon:frameworks What a bizarre scene to have Democrats openly rooting for a … [Read more...]

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Dan Grabauskas for Lt. Governor.

August 3, 2009 By sowyrda 11 Comments

Dan Grabauskas for lt. governor?  The Republican Rumor Mill is stacked with stories regarding G.O.P. hopeful Charlie Baker, who recently joined Christy Mihos as a contender for the G.O.P. nomination, tapping Grabauskas as his running … [Read more...]

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Things I do not understand: T – Grabauskas edition

August 2, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 10 Comments

Anyone else finding the whole brouhaha over Dan Grabauskas a little bit bewildering? Three T board members express ... well, outrage is not too strong a term ... over Grabauskas' handling, or lack thereof, of the two crash incidents … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aloisi, grabauskas, mbta, patrick

T hostility now out in the open

July 29, 2009 By Charley on the MTA 22 Comments

Well, the knives are out -- finally out in the open -- for T General Manager Dan Grabauskas. Three MBTA board members have expressed a lack of confidence, essentially in Grabauskas' willingness and ability to keep the public safe. From … [Read more...]

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Good news in Mass Transit! (Just not for us.)

March 11, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 10 Comments

Hey golly gosh, mass transit in America is going great guns! The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced today that Americans took 10.3 billion trips on public transportation in 2007, the highest level in 50 years, … [Read more...]

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That bus isn’t coming.

February 16, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 26 Comments

Via Jay: How deep does the rot in the MBTA go? To the point where they'd cut a bus run, but not tell anyone. We knew that some runs just ... somehow ... weren't happening, but maybe it was driver absenteeism, or some other lack of … [Read more...]

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MBTA death spiral continues

January 28, 2008 By Charley on the MTA 7 Comments

Commuter rail (45 minutes) and Red Line delays (15 minutes) today, according to WERS. Why? There was snow yesterday? What was going on?I've said this before, but it bears repeating. This is Massachusetts. Sometimes it gets cold, and … [Read more...]

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Should heads not roll?

October 8, 2007 By Charley on the MTA 17 Comments

Red Line passengers caught for more than an hour on the Longfellow Bridge, decided to dis-imprison themselves. via UHub, Spatch wonders who's in charge here:But where was the T? Were any announcements made? Was there any attempt made to … [Read more...]

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The MBTA is a basket case.

August 17, 2006 By Charley on the MTA 24 Comments

Just heard that the Red Line forced everyone off at Park Street -- Lord knows what's happening now. This is what they say on the MBTA website: "Red Line experiencing minor delays at this time, due to an earlier disabled train at Alewife … [Read more...]

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.@CDCgov dir. @RWalensky, once part of MA's #COVID19 advsy board, said

"Now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of COVID-19 ... not when we are so close."

But @MassGovernor pushes to reopen.

Who is advising Gov. Baker now?

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JoeCurtatoneJoseph A. Curtatone@JoeCurtatone·
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It's time to state outright that Charlie Baker's science advisory team is the Chamber of Commerce. That's why we were slow to act last year, why our public health network got ignored on vaccines & why our reopenings have flown in the face of data, expert advice & common sense. https://twitter.com/MikeConnollyMA/status/1366423893276303364

Mike Connolly@MikeConnollyMA

Just reiterating my COVID philosophy: Instead of bucking advice from the CDC and Dr. Fauci (by further reopening the Mass. economy), we should #TaxTheRich and use the new revenue to provide cash relief to people in need and small businesses while also investing in health equity.

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Mayor Joe Curtatone announces this is his final year as mayor of Somerville. @WBUR

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A Rhode Island-sized piece of ice just broke of Antarctica. The video of the breach in a 500-foot thick Brunt Ice Shelf is absolutely staggering

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Just a reminder that Massachusetts is going to unlimited capacity indoor dining starting tomorrow while the CDC begs us not to, and it’s super embarrassing that no one can articulate a justification why other than 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️

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