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Pages tagged "Transit press"

Wu plans to extend fare free bus pilot

By Bruce Mohl | Jan 18, 2024

In a March 2021 report, the left-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center said transit advocates working with the Livable Streets Alliance concluded that eliminating fares on local buses would cost the MBTA $33.7 million in annual fare revenue. Another $6 million to $7 million would be lost if making buses free meant parallel-running paratransit had to be free, the report said.

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MBTA puts Band-Aids on an aging train fleet, seeing more delays by single-source supplier

By Dan Atkinson | Jan 17, 2024

“We need to fundamentally change the way the T procures services,” said Stacy Thompson, executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance. “We need competitive processes, and they need to be transparent.”

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Justice for All, and Roses Too: A Conversation with Reggie Ramos, the New Leader of Transportation For Massachusetts

By Christian MilNeil | Jan 17, 2024

two members of that new T4MA leadership team, Stacy Thompson and Alexis Walls, also serve as volunteer members of the StreetsblogMASS board of directors

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Can Bostonians learn to love the T?

By Tiziana Dearing and Rob Lane | Jan 11, 2024

Stacy Thompson of LivableStreets, a transit advocacy group, and Frank Lowenstein of the conservation group Rare join Radio Boston to discuss.

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Heat lamps at some T shelters keep Newton, Brookline riders toasty. Elsewhere, they just don’t work.

By Daniel Kool | Jan 08, 2024

Stacy Thompson, executive director of LiveableStreets Alliance, said the nonfunctional heat lamps make waiting for a bus less pleasant, but they are just one factor in an overall uncomfortable system, especially around Nubian Station.

“This is part of a larger and more complex problem about how to make places where people wait for transit more comfortable,” Thompson said. Heaters are an issue right now, but “within six months it might be that it’s too hot and sunny, and there’s no shade.”

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What’s on your 2024 bingo card? 🔮

By Emily Schario and Gia Orsino | Jan 02, 2024

“How do we fund and resource a 21st century transit system?” That’ll be the million (ahem, $24.5 billion) question in 2024, according to Stacy Thompson, the executive director of the LivableStreets Alliance.

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As Green Line shutdown begins, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng calls move "a game-changer"

By Paul Burton | Jan 02, 2024

Stacy Thompson is the executive director of LivableStreets Alliance, a metro Boston transportation advocacy organization to help riders move around the region. "This really kicks off the 2024 repair-the-slow-down blitz for the T. So this is the first of what will be many short shutdowns," Thompson said. She reminds commuters that this is not only the oldest part of the MBTA but also includes part of T that is the oldest subway system in the country.

"This section of the MBTA is what I like to say is the most congested. It's where all of the branches of the Green Line come together, and they are all using the same tracks," Thompson said. The upgrades provide some hope for commuters who look forward to get to work on time. 

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Electric Bluebikes have hit the streets. Here's how they work

By Nik DeCosta-Klipa | Dec 21, 2023

Stacy Thompson, the head of transit advocacy group Livable Streets, told WBUR’s John Bender the expansion will make Bluebikes more inclusive: “If you’re intimidated by a hill, if the length of a ride feels a little scary, an e-bike will be able to help those folks out.”

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This MBTA prediction came true 👀🚇

By Emily Schario and Gia Orsino | Dec 19, 2023

🚇 It was the year of the shutdown. LiveableStreets Alliance executive director Stacy Thompson expected more MBTA shutdowns in 2023, and between the CVS-receipt length list of mini diversions, the Ashmont/Mattapan branch closure, and the start of 20-plus planned shutdowns through 2024, she nailed it. But she noticed a marked difference between the partial Red Line closure in October and last year’s Orange Line closure: it actually ended in better service. “The tools are going to be the same, but under new leadership, we got better results,” she said, shouting out new MBTA general manager Phillip Eng.

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Advocates say Green Line closure is a sign MBTA is "getting better"

By Kristina Rex | Nov 28, 2023

"I would say that Phil Eng is using a scalpel instead of a sledgehammer," Thompson explained. 

"So, under his leadership, they are doing small sections of track at a time. Maybe it's a 3 day or 5 day or 10 day shutdown, really focusing, making sure the work is done well, and then you see immediate improvements."

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