Assuming the T actually wants to inform the public, Bryan Person explains why it should set up a blog. Among his reasons - finding anything on the current mbta.com is a pain and:
Jeff reports that his state representative, Frank Smizik, has come out against the T's proposed fare hikes. He's yet to hear from his state senator, Cynthia Creem.
T Boycott is a site to promote the idea of staying off the T on June 6 as a protest against the proposed fare hikes.
When the MBTA announced its proposed fare structure for next year, it went to great lengths to say increases were needed just to keep service levels the same. Mass.
Mass Marrier details everything wrong now happening with the T's half-and-half fare system, in which some stations are equipped for CharlieWhatevers and the other half st
Check out this Phoenix article, which notes that the T's contract with the carmen's union expires June 30, along with other fun facts (has it struck anybody else as odd the way Dan Grabausk
Jason writes that when he talked to an aide to his state representative, Jeffrey Sanchez, he learned he was the first person to contact Sanchez's office about the issue.
Mike Mennonno issues a call for action - serious action - over the fare increases and general service suckage, like, say, a mass protest at one of those T public hearings on the fare in
Mike Mennonno looks at MBTA costs: Some of the highest salaries in the country, rampant absenteeism, expensive, oil-fired power plants and, of course, antiquate
Jason calls the office of his state senator, Dianne Wilkerson, to register his thoughts on the proposed T fare increases, in particular, his belief that the state should assume more responsibility for T costs, because the state legislature is at least p
Add Krissy in Boston to the list of people really mad about the planned T fare hikes; she posts a list of the things she'd want to see out of a new hike, including better service on the Green Line, comm
Jason plans to call his legislators to request they look at ways to increase T ridership rather than simply letting the T hike fares because it has no choice:
Mike Mennonno wonders why people generally seem resigned to the impending fare hikes - especially given all the fuss a couple years back when the T tried to ban buskers:
Mass Marrier explains why the T should be cutting its fares to next to nothing.
The Outraged Liberal gets outraged (well, what do you expect?) about the T's plan to require outbound trolley riders to pay when they get offa that train:
Fred Hewitt, of the Watertown Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee, discusses the proposed free-transfer system, which could mean savings for people who now take both a bus and the subway (such as many Waterto
On The Third Decade, Derek notes that on Friday, the T cited flat ridership for a planned 2007 fare increase, but that on Sunday, the Globe reported T ridership was actually up for the first time in a few years.
Rising fuel costs, expanding debt, steady ridership to blame.
Hmm, why do you think T ridership hasn't increased despite the recent run-up in gasoline prices? Regular T commuter Gary McGath has a possible answer:
... The MBTA offers riders inadequate parking, overcrowded trains, cars that are often freezing or broiling hot, unpredictably irregular buses and subways, Green Line trains that routinely lie about their final stop, and other frustrations. ...
If commuters do have to pay more, perhaps the T could soften the blow by giving them more amusing subway maps.
But if our favorite dysfunctional transit system has to raise fares, Jen Stewart has suggestions for what to do with the new money:
... a) hire people who aren't outright jerks to run your token booths (don't get me started on that harridan at Oak Grove...just don't), and b) fix your turnstiles and escalators? It would be lovely not to bruise myself every third morning on a turnstile that doesn't cooperate.
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