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...Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced a set of new regulations for subway musicians last month—including a ban on amplification and certain acoustic instruments—that would have constrained many performers and forced others to leave their underground stages entirely...
...late last week, after a wave of protest and activism from musicians, students and political leaders, the MBTA severely scaled back the regulations, reneging all but a few of the original provisions...
...It’s a big step in the right direction,” says John Bigelow, a classical guitarist who discussed the musicians’ concerns with the MBTA directly. “It was very gratifying that the MBTA was willing to open up to the input and negotiations in a way that should have been endemic to the process from the beginning...
...until last month, they had little incentive to convene in a single locale. A Nov. 19 meeting that filled the Middle East café in central Cambridge was the first group assembly for many of the subway performers, and the first major step in a response to the MBTA announcement that caught many performers entirely off guard...
...MBTA regulations are blasted this week, the authority might consider adopting a similar system to New York City’s MUNY program. In any event, simply enforcing the current regulations will do little, if anything, to improve safety and communication and is likely to worsen city morale...