Thereâs really nothing blocking the path to free buses
Updated May 3, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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The T could eliminate these fares tomorrow
Laurel Paget-Seekinsâ April 23 op-ed, âFree bus is tempting, but low-income fares better address affordability,â posits a false choice. If the the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority eventually delivers on long-deferred plans for means-tested fares, then it will be more successful if done first on the trains. Meanwhile, the MBTA could eliminate bus fares tomorrow.
The MBTA plan to introduce low-income fares has been plagued by years of delays. The plan includes new kiosks where passengers will purchase fares before they board vehicles, and about 100 roving inspectors would be hired to ask passengers to prove they have paid. The T has promised discounts for low-income riders but insists that another state agency should determine eligibility. The governor vetoed legislation that would have introduced means-tes
Out of the way, little people â big energy project coming through
Updated December 19, 2020, 2:30 a.m.
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From Weymouth to East Boston to Minnesota, fossil fuel projects carry the day
Having spent many mornings, at the crack of dawn, standing with the good citizens that make up the Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station, or FRRACS, holding signs of protest on the bridge above the Weymouth compressor plant site, I was glad to see an investigative piece by Boston Globe Spotlight fellow Mike Stanton (âBrute lesson in power politics,â Page A1, Dec. 13). Sadly, we are seeing parallel investments in hazardous fossil fuel infrastructure as close as East Boston, another community that will bear the brunt of the hunger for and profits from gas, all the way to Minnesota, where the same company that FRRACS is fighting is building Pipeline 3.