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Study Shows Impact of T Cuts on Public Health
The MBTA’s plans to fill a $161 million budget shortfall may hurt Bostonians in ways that go beyond their wallets. According to the study “A Healthy T for a Healthy Region,” put out by
Read More »MBTA Budget Crisis: It’s Not About Scarcity
On Wednesday, April 4th, the day that the MBTA Board is expected to hand the Massachusetts Legislature its proposal for a “balanced budget,” T-riders, community members, and Occupy activists will descend on the Statehouse
Read More »Occupy Boston Calls For A National Day of Action for Public Transportation
On March 3rd, 2012, the General Assembly of Occupy Boston passed a resolution which calls on Occupy groups in the United States to stage protests in support of public transportation services. The national day
Read More »Speak-Out at Somerville MBTA Hearing
T Riders and Occupy Activists respond to the proposed MBTA fare hikes and service cuts at an open hearing held at Somerville High School on February 28,
Read More »First Mass Occupy General Assembly
On February 18 at 1 pm, the first Mass Occupy General Assembly was held at U Mass Boston. Mass Occupy is an attempt to bring together all of Massachusetts’ local Occupy groups to talk
Read More »Boston T-riders Rally to Reject the MBTA’s “Band-Aid” Plan
A festive yet defiant crowd spilled over and off the steps of the Boston Public Library Monday, as hundreds gathered to protest the MBTA’s proposed plan to balance its budget by cutting T services
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PHOTOS: Rally At Copley Square to Save the T
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Copley Square yesterday to speak out against the MBTA’s proposed plans to cut transit services and increase fares, shortly before an open forum with MBTA officials at the Boston
Read More »Free Charlie! Occupy Activists Take on the T
On January 3, the MBTA unveiled plans to institute major service-cuts and fare-hikes. On January 10th, just a week after this announcement, more than twenty people met in Somerville to begin organizing against the
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