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Jul 20, 2016
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The FixOurT Coalition coalesced around the need to turn the MBTA into a safe, reliable and fiscally sustainable public transit system. We advocated for the creation of the Fiscal and Management Control Board, an entity created to oversee the T’s...
TRANSPORTATION
Jun 16, 2016
TRANSPORTATION
The Foundation focuses this report on the capital financing of transportation. More specifically, MTF takes a critical first look at the two most important questions facing the transportation capital spending plan: 1) how does the state decide which...
TRANSPORTATION
Mar 07, 2016
TRANSPORTATION
Today’s fare hike vote by the Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) illustrates why creation of the Board was so critical to the T’s turnaround and why the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation supports the steps the FMCB has taken to date. Bold...
TRANSPORTATION
Mar 03, 2016
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Jul 21, 2015
TRANSPORTATION
Today marks an important new chapter for the MBTA and its riders. Today is the first meeting of the Fiscal Management Control Board. This board will bring much-needed focus, expertise, urgency, discipline and accountability to the MBTA over the next...
TRANSPORTATION
Jun 29, 2015
TRANSPORTATION
Despite efforts over the past decades, previous reforms have failed and the T continues to deteriorate, threatening our vibrant economic recovery. Bold action is urgently needed. Five months after the T’s complete shutdown, we cannot lose the sense...
TRANSPORTATION
Jun 25, 2015
TRANSPORTATION
Four months after the T’s collapse this past February, the state has reached a pivotal moment in which the Legislature must make crucial decisions on the future of the state’s key public transit system. If lawmakers adopt a bill with only incremental...
TRANSPORTATION
May 15, 2015
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Apr 29, 2015
TRANSPORTATION
Due to the urgency of fixing the MBTA and the need for the public transit system to be reliable and fully functional, the undersigned business organizations are requesting policy makers to address the following issues:
TRANSPORTATION
Apr 10, 2015
TRANSPORTATION
“We are at a pivotal moment for the MBTA and our economy,” said Eileen McAnneny, President of the MTF. “Now that the breadth and severity of the problems confronting the MBTA have been revealed and the price of inaction is evident, we have a real...
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