Submitted by GlobeOpinion t3_102af78 in massachusetts
[deleted] t1_j2sjydy wrote
Meanwhile the T is crumbling because Boston clearly doesn’t have enough political gravity to get the state to care. Are you fucking kidding?
wgc123 t1_j2tnff0 wrote
There was that thread about Boston workdays only having 52% of pre-pandemic activity. Although I don’t know how that would explain decades of deferred maintenance
[deleted] t1_j2u0cjw wrote
The issue is that Boston will continue to need the T even if no suburban commuters ever return to the city. It serves a crucial function to the urban core.
Plain as day there something will need to change
hotaspee t1_j2u0fgc wrote
right, we had to wait like six extra years for new red line and orange line cars because we had to build a factory in western MA to build them in order to get support from the rural electeds. and Baker vetoed indexing the gas tax because it wasn’t popular amongst rural voters
immoralatheist t1_j2u5ds5 wrote
The gas tax indexing was before Baker. Gov. Patrick is the one that vetoed the original bill, and it was subsequently over-ridden by the legislature and passed into law, then was repealed by ballot measure.
hotaspee t1_j2uric4 wrote
ahh right, well either way, it was dumb
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments