MBTA proposed rate hikes and route eliminations

[psocoptera]

Big PDF here which I have not gone through most of yet.

Of personal interest to me/people who live near me, in Scenario 2 we lose the 80 and the 96. Of personal interest to people who live where I used to: in both Scenarios we lose all commuter rail service after 10 pm and on weekends.

Comments

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

I think you are probably right... but Scenario 1 is still a pretty big fuck-you to the suburbs, with losses to both bus service and commuter rail. I guess you could say what do I care, I don't live in the suburbs, but from a policy standpoint I like the idea of having a pubtrans system that serves more of the pub, and even Scenario 1 seems like a big step backwards from an "alternatives to the automobile" standpoint.

[jere7my.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're both terrible options, no doubt. I hold out some hope that the extreme terribleness signifies that this is a scare tactic to wake up the populace and force the governor/legislature to find some extra bucks.