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WRTA Board Votes to Extend Worcester’s Zero-Fare Buses ‘Til 2022
“If we suspend fares, it’s just not true that we couldn’t expand service,” Etel Haxhiaj, Zero-Fare Coalition member and Worcester city council candidate, told StreetsblogMASS. “They don’t need to be mutually exclusive.”
May 20, 2021
The WRTA’s Fare-Free Bus Experiment Was Popular, But Won’t Last Without Funding
The WRTA's higher levels of transit ridership, relative to other peer cities, suggest that its fare-free policies may be especially helpful to frontline workers whose travel decisions are more sensitive to fare costs.
May 7, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Conversation about Development Finance
April 29, 2021
Advocates Pan Proposed Expansion of Policing in Baker ‘Safety’ Bill
Advocates remain in the dark about what's being proposed, and are concerned about the administration's focus on policing instead of preventing crashes.
April 26, 2021
Guest Column: Electric Cars Won’t Save Us
To meet its climate goals, Massachusetts will need to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles from the state’s roadways within the next 25 years. But the Commonwealth’s new decarbonization roadmap aims to accomplish this not with improvements to transit and safer streets, but with widespread subsidies for new electric vehicles.
April 23, 2021
Oregon Advocates Sue to Stop Racist Portland Highway Expansion
April 6, 2021
What Could Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Accomplish in Massachusetts?
It’s only a first draft, and many details remain to be worked out through negotiations and debates in Congress, but here’s what the plan could buy for Massachusetts.
April 5, 2021
Buttigieg Presents to House Transport. Committee
March 26, 2021
Fare-Free Buses Gain Momentum on Beacon Hill
Two bills currently in the Massachusetts Senate would eliminate fare collection on some or all of the state's bus routes.
March 25, 2021
‘Do Not Track’ Report Offers Privacy Guidance for the T’s New Fare System
The MBTA’s new fare payment system will potentially collect a lot more personal data from riders and their cellphones, and a new report offers advice for how riders can protect their privacy.
March 24, 2021
