THE MBTA’S REVOLVING DOOR
“If most of the team is from inside [the MBTA], you’re not getting that outside perspective that’s pretty desperately needed right now.”
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"But we didn't really see Gina out front a lot," she said. "It's hard to exactly name what she was or was not doing."
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“Everyone is very well aware of the challenges the MBTA is facing right now and the literal billions of dollars of work they need to do. But we have 15 regional transit authorities across the state. Many do not have money to run evening and weekend service,”
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“We have a year to get this right,” said Stacy Thompson, executive director of transit advocacy group LivableStreets, citing the Biden administration’s ambitious infrastructure plans under the Inflation Reduction Act. “If we don’t take this moment now, we’ve missed a generational opportunity. We don’t have another decade.”
Read moreAs driving-related casualties mount, what would make Massachusetts roads safer?
Adam Reilly discusses with Brendan Kearney, the deputy director of WalkMassachusetts, and Stacy Thompson, the executive director of Livable Streets.
Read moreFare debate: Make buses free to all
The mounting nationwide data are quite clear—there are many benefits of eliminating fare collection, especially on buses.
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"The reality is free transit is working. We are seeing massive transit improvements in Boston, Merrimack Valley, and Worcester— these systems are bucking the trends of downward transit ridership that was happening before the pandemic," Thompson said.
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“Gina was always friendly and collaborative. She served as commissioner while Go Boston 2030 was being drafted, so we didn’t have very much time to see her in action implementing the plan”
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“She needs to be able to catch up while expanding the systems,” said Stacy Thompson, the executive director of LivableStreets Alliance. “We have to keep the state moving, literally.”
Read moreBlack drivers pulled over in Boston at 2.4 times the rate of white drivers, new study finds
“We know that traffic safety is achievable without police enforcement,” Catherine Gleason, public policy manager of LivableStreets Alliance, said in a statement. “Banning non-traffic-safety related stops is a clear step toward dismantling the discriminatory role law enforcement plays in traffic safety.”
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