by mbrproductions
This article will tell you that it is...
https://massinc.org/2022/02/03/for-the- ... -got-away/
https://massinc.org/2022/02/03/for-the- ... -got-away/
The MBTA presented a package of proposed fare reductions to its new governing board late last month. Billed as an effort to increase equity, it’s hard to see how the changes will do anything but prolong and perhaps even amplify current inequities.
If the MBTA were willing to let these low-wage workers on commuter rail coaches with plenty of empty seats, they could cut an hour off their daily commute, the MVRTA could replace Boston-bound buses with much-needed local service, and the MBTA could capture revenue from discounted fares that it’s been passing up for way too long. Under the previous board, the MBTA was moving incrementally toward this win-win-win scenario, but now the agency appears to be backsliding.Now, part of me thought this article was ridiculous, and the other part of me thought it made a decent point, what are your thoughts? Is this just some more woke whining or are the MASSINC staff onto something? I'll leave it up to you folks to decide for yourselves below.
Photo by Alan Thomas: NYNH&H I-4 Pacific #1372 proudly thunders through Forest Hills as it makes its way to Providence R.I.