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...chorus of politicians spoke out against the sale’s near-completion three weeks ago, when the board of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) voted to allow their head to accept Harvard’s bid on the land. But last night’s meeting was the first time many of the deal’s major opponents publicly made their case...
Speakers told members of the Metropolitan Highway System Advisory Board—which advises the MTA on land sales—that the loss of the CSX railyard, the only rail connection near Boston’s port, would cause a spike in truck traffic on the Boston area’s already-crowded highways...
Jerry McDermott, Boston city councilor for Allston and Brighton, said the sale was good for Harvard and the MTA but bad for the community...
...city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) will be raising subway and bus fare from $1.50 to $2. But last Wednesday, New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi charged that MTA officials kept double books in order to justify the hike—raising commuter rail rates by around 25 percent, MTA bridge tolls by 50 cents and bus and subway fares by 33 percent. Hevesi said that $512 million in surplus was moved by MTA into the revenue column of later years. Another audit of NYC Transit found $850 million was mislabeled as operating expenses. These numbers are relatively...
...MTA must be made safe from dubious bookkeeping—the fare hikes should be postponed until its financial situation is more accurately scrutinized. And Bloomberg should act to keep taxicabs a sacred place, safe from both celebrity voices and television advertisements. But in the meantime, New Yorkers should break-in their walking shoes...