Flyer about Tree Planting Workshop on April 8, 2008. . . . read more – 85 reads

Tufts event on Climate change and climate justice. . . . read more – 14 reads

Written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in favor of House Bill 2235, An Act Further Protecting Civil Rights . . . read more – 103 reads

Diesel Legislation Factsheet . . . read more – 93 reads

Cambridge Democrats urged members of the Committee on Transportation to have state taxpayers shoulder $2.9 billion of the MBTA's $5.2 billion debt so the agency can direct more revenue toward services and prevent additional rounds of fare increases. Meanwhile, committee members received, with some uneasiness, a bill that calls for new taxes to help pay for seven commuter rail projects and address global warming concerns. . . . read more – 618 reads

Some of the MBTA’s most outspoken critics plan to pack today’s State House hearing to support a bill that would relieve the T of most of its massive debt, one reason why the transit agency has doubled fares over the past seven years. Senate Bill 2029 calls for the state to pay $2.9 billion of the T’s $5.1 billion in debt, which according to T officials would otherwise cost the agency $8 billion to pay off over 30 years. In return, the bill, filed by Sen. Jarrett Barrios (D-Cambridge), would limit future fare increases to the rate of inflation. . . . read more – 446 reads

In order to save public transit riders from another fare increase, Senator Barrios and Representatives Wolf and Sciortino working with TRU and our partners in the On the Move coalition, filed an MBTA debt relief bill on January 10 in the state legislature. . . . read more – 495 reads