Environmental remediation is called for because the Big Dig, by increasing traffic, has many adverse environmental effects. So CLF went to court and got legally binding commitments for the Silver Line, the Green Line extension, and the … [Read more...]
The time is now for a gas tax increase
Oil fell to $93-a-barrel. Gas prices are likely to fall as well. The time is ripe to raise Massachusetts' gas tax from its present $.21 to $.31 and then another dime every two years for the next ten years. We have seen that we can survive … [Read more...]
Dukakis won’t train in vain
I asked Dukakis, What would it take for us to have a rail system that you would consider to be adequate? "One week in Iraq", Dukakis answered instantly. "3 billion dollars a year ... I'll take 125 miles an hour anywhere in the country, … [Read more...]
Patrick administration forces MBTA to rescind pay raises
Excellent news. Under pressure from the Patrick administration, MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas today agreed to rescind a 9 percent pay increase granted last week to 273 executive employees and to replace it with a 3 percent raise … [Read more...]
Judge lifts gag order on MIT students who found Charlie Card flaws
Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of Massachusetts convinced a federal judge to lift a gag order on three MIT students who researched flaws in the MBTA's fare payment system. Essentially, the students had found a … [Read more...]
Stop the Presses! (Literally)
On Friday, the MBTA sued MIT and three MIT students, claiming that the students planned to present a paper at the DEFCON hacker's conference explaining how to circumvent the security on the T's Charlie Cards and thus create counterfeit … [Read more...]
Accounting, accountability and democracy
In an important story in the Globe today, Casey Ross notices what may hopefully be a sign of the beginning of the end of the Big Dig Culture. Essentially, the financial dealings of the 20-some quasi-public agencies would be brought under … [Read more...]
Missing the bus
Matt Yglesias sees into my life:The benefits of frequent service for transit are, I think, hard to overstate. If you're trying to get into a bus that only runs once every 30 minutes then if you want to get anywhere on time you need to … [Read more...]
We are *so* dense.
You know, we're pretty good at bringing people together in the Boston area ... particularly as compared to Atlanta: A 2003 World Bank study comparing various cities in the United States illustrated the dramatic difference a bit of … [Read more...]
Million dollar error in judgement
According to today's Boston Globe the state paid almost $1 million to examine the structural integrity of the Longfellow Bridge. After paying all this money to an outside expert, the Jacobs Engineering Group, the state is denying the … [Read more...]
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