Some 60 People Attend ‘Conversation’ on Public Transportation's Future
Some offer complaints, kudos and ideas.
Remember the hue and cry early this year when the T proposed to cut road and rail service or raise rates for riders? Fares went up. So did ridership, across public transportation modes, according to Jonathan Davis, acting general manager and rail and transit administrator of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which is part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). What do residents of the Commonwealth want in their public transportation system statewide? MassDOT, which oversees public transportation on roads, rails and tarmacs here, held a meeting at the McGlynn Middle School Tuesday night, part of a series of “conversations” statewide, to hear ideas about the transportation system people want and what the …
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David Chase
10:50 am on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
PJ, I don't think it's Obama's plan to start a war with Iran -- our generals are talking down war, for example ( http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/israeli-pm-netanyahu-attacks-gen-dempsey-as-servant-of-iran.html ). It would be a horrible idea -- much bloodier and more expensive than Iraq, and we're not that sure they intend to acquire nuclear weapons. I have heard, again and again, that the gas tax… more ›