Tuesday, March 20, 2012

T to Dump Disabled at Next Stop

"Disabled fear T’s plans for changes in The Ride" March 06, 2012|By Eric Moskowitz

BRAINTREE - Changes in the MBTA’s door-to-door service for the disabled that have been proposed as part of the T’s broader deficit-cutting plan would drive up the $4 round-trip cost for Shaw and thousands of others to between $6 and $24, prices that some say would keep them homebound.

“It’s a budget buster,’’ said Richard A. Davey, the secretary of transportation.
 
Yeah, just ignore the tens of millions of dollars in interest payments to banks every month.

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