August 13, 2009 — vol. 45, no 1
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Roving Camera
If you were the head of the MBTA,
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I would change the MBTA’s board itself. I would keep the chairman, but would appoint riders so they would support lower-income communities. |
Lisa Sadika Edwards Board Member, ACE Roxbury |
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It’s definitely a Catch-22, in that it’s a tough position to be in and [there’s] no easy way out. But the best I can come up with [is that] as a service of the state, I would approach the constituents, because they’re the ones we’ll be servicing. |
Adrian Ntwatwa Student Malden |
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I will clean up my authority and reduce the cost of the T. I will also manage how I spend the community’s money and not do any wasteful spending like the T has done. |
Taisha O’Bryant Chairperson T Riders Union |
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Federal government? Bankrupt. State government? Bankrupt. City government? Bankrupt. Solution? Generate private money for mass transit without taxes. |
Dennis Jackson Entrepreneur Boston |
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I would make all commuter rail fares within Route 495 the same, so that communities are not pitted one against the other. [I would] not increase, but lower fares to attract people out of cars and on to the T. |
Pamela Bush Community Organizer Hyde Park |
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I would invest some serious time in transportation planning. The T has urban, suburban and exurban components. They need to develop more seamless connections with their own components and adjoining transit authorities. |
Joanne D. Daniels-Finegold Volunteer Braintree |
