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Boston teen demands bus improvements after extensive research

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:55:35 -0500

March 6, 2008

ROXBURY, MA—In the face of the MBTA’s rapidly declining ridership, $8.2 billion debt, and recent revelations of lying to bus riders, 17-year old T Riders Union (TRU) member Stuart Spina has compiled a list of recommendations to make the bus system more efficient and effective.

Bus riders present their own service improvement agenda items at MBTA board meeting

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:00:36 -0400

Do MBTA bus improvements make their way on to the MBTA board of directors’ agenda? The T Riders Union (TRU) and the On the Move (OTM) Greater Boston Transportation Justice Coalition says not often enough. The group testified at today's MBTA board meeting to present five agenda items for board “approval”. Although only MBTA senior staff is supposedly able to propose agenda items for MBTA board meetings, TRU/OTM asked for more investment in bus service improvements.

ACE Joins Transportation Investment Coalition to Advocate for Increase in Transportation Revenue

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:54:38 -0400

ACE joined with a diverse group of environmental, planning, transportation, community, labor, business, industry and other advocacy organizations to form a Massachusetts Transportation Investment Coalition in response to the alarming findings recently released by the state’s Transportation Finance Commission.

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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:44:22 -0500

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