Word: mta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Governor Peabody's proposed revision of the Boston area transit system will add to the MTA deficit, slow economic growth, and increase traffic congestion, Martin Wohl, lecturer on Public Administration, said in an interview yesterday...
Wohl called the governor's plan for financing his $200-million program "ludicrous." The governor proposed a two-cent increase in the cigarette tax to pay for the MTA deficit. Wohl said that taxation for public utilities should be limited to people who use them...
...suggested that any MTA deficit be charged to towns in proportion to the number of riders from each...
They also suggested that the MTA system be "rationalized" immediately, making it possible for example, to go from Harvard to the Museum of Fine Arts without transferring several times...
Harvard will probably run into a number of stumling blocks when new bidding is opened. Last year it was evident that at least one of the three MTA trustees strongly opposed University acquisition of the Yards. There is also significant opposition on the Cambridge, City Council to Harvard's ownership of the eminently taxable land. These local forces could try to influence bidding in favor of a private developer...