From this article ... Sen. Robert O'Leary, D-Barnstable: supportive of the proposal but wants more specifics.Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth: backed the change as part of Senate transportation reforms.Rep. Demetrius … [Read more...]
Good news in Mass Transit! (Just not for us.)
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...]
Violence in an enclosed space: #23 Bus riders speak out
Man, this is scary ... On MBTA Bus 23 - which winds past storefront churches, pizza shops, and boarded-up buildings - drug dealers push their wares and passengers fight over money, sometimes with knives. Last March, a teenager was … [Read more...]
That bus isn’t coming.
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...]
The Obstacles: The Speaker, the Money, and the Public Service Death Spiral
We're looking at a big fat budget shortfall again for next year. Ah well, business as usual -- they'll make it work out somehow, right?We've already dipped into rainy-day fund, which leaves us even more vulnerable now that … [Read more...]
T messin’ with funny money
Warren Buffet famously referred to derivatives as "financial weapons of mass destruction". Turns out the MBTA -- already saddled with enormous debt -- has been stashing them, and losing: State Auditor Joseph DeNucci faulted the MBTA … [Read more...]
MBTA death spiral continues
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...]
Green Line Extension community meetings
The Green Line Extension is currently planning the new route and T stop locations. Locations under consideration are in or around Brickbottom, Union Square, central Somerville (Ball Square, Magoun Square), Tufts, and Mystic Valley … [Read more...]
Quick hits (open thread)
Haven't done one of these in a while ...The Ryan Montbleau Band is really, really good. Montbleau's from Peabody, but the music is world-class eclectic. They sound a little like G Love, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Stevie Wonder, … [Read more...]
Please tell me who was lying to me.
He told me that the policy had changed, and I asked when, assuming it was at the new year. Much to my surprise he told me that the policy was changed several weeks ago, and that he was notified of the change by e-mail. I asked … [Read more...]
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