by Sam Dallaire | Mar 17, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity
Agency looks to cut service despite federal aid Bay State Banner By Morgan C Mullings n December, the MBTA announced planned cuts to service, and the cuts went into effect on Sunday, March 14. Though the changes to more than 35 bus lines, along with reduced frequency...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 17, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
By Matt Berg The Massachusetts congressional delegation on Wednesday called on MBTA officials to justify service cuts amid increased federal transit funding, saying the reductions disproportionately affect essential workers from low-income communities. In a letter,...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 16, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
WHDH Channel 7 By State House News Service The state’s Congressional delegation is “furious” about service reductions at the MBTA and plans to have “hard conversations” with transit officials and Gov. Charlie Baker about reversing them, U.S. Rep....
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 15, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
Patriot Ledger By Mary Whitfil QUINCY – U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch bashed the MBTA on Monday for furloughing workers and continuing with service cuts despite receiving significant federal aid. “We didn’t give a couple billion dollars...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 15, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
‘They’re going in the opposite direction that we need to be going in,’ Representative Stephen Lynch says Boston Globe By Adam Vaccaro and Travis Andersen Days after President Biden signed a $1.9 trillion relief package, congressman Stephen Lynch denounced the MBTA for...
by Sam Dallaire | Mar 15, 2021 | 8th Congressional District, COVID-19, Essential Infrastructure, Jobs & Economic Opportunity, News & Updates
WCVB-TV BOSTON- A member of Massachusetts’ congressional delegation expressed opposition to some of the cost-cutting measures under consideration by the MBTA. Rep. Stephen Lynch appeared alongside Mayor Marty Walsh at Faneuil Hall on Monday morning and spoke at...
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