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...tentative new deal, which Harvard lawyers and state transportation authorities will review over the next few days, would transfer easements currently held by CSX, a private freight carrier, to the MBTA??giving the transportation agency rights to the land if CSX abandons the easements they currently hold on the parcel...
Consequently, the proposed move by the MBTA is illogical, even if purely for administrative reasons. The MBTA??the government agency that operates the Boston area mass transit system, including the subway, the trolleys, the buses and the commuter railroad—is a perennial money-loser. Fares are deliberately set below the break-even point in order to keep public transportation affordable for Boston’s poorest citizens; state tax revenues help keep the agency afloat. And with the state government facing a huge budget crisis, and the MBTA contemplating another fare hike, it is sheer folly...
...Barrios’s legislation will only become effective with approval from Governor Romney, who has backed the MBTA??s latest volley against the Turnpike, alongside his Transportation Secretary, Daniel Grabauskas...
...Turnpike Authority’s response to the MBTA??s invocation of eminent domain—a letter hand-delivered to MBTA attorneys on Friday afternoon— stated that the Turnpike was “mystified by the MBTA??s action” especially since the University was prepared to “facilitate the continuation of commuter rail and freight services...
...We’re aware in a general way in the MBTA??s interest in parts of the property,” Stone said. ‘’As we have said before, we’re fully prepared to sit down and discuss all issues of concern...