Tom Menino, champion of public transit
Jul 09, 2008 12:23
On July 7,
Mayor Tom Menino, Department of Neighborhood
Development Director Evelyn Friedman, Boston Public
Health Commisioner Barbara Ferrer, and MBTA General
Manager Dan Grabauskas kicked off a month-long Boston
Main Streets initiative called Healthy Main Streets,
designed to encourage residents to get out to their
local commercial district on foot, bicycle, or by
riding the T; the event took place on the Plaza in
front of Stop & Shop/JP Licks at Brigham Circle.
Menino presided over the final demolition of the A line of the Green Line; he welcomed the Silverline bus as a substitute for the Orange Line replacement service on Washington Street; he accepted the fare increases that hit urban riders hardest; and he's been fighting against the restoration of the Arborway Green Line for years, recently sending out his troops to pave over the tracks so the cars can reign.
Now, suddenly, he is the champion of the T! With friends like Menino, the T is ...in the shape it's in.
Menino presided over the final demolition of the A line of the Green Line; he welcomed the Silverline bus as a substitute for the Orange Line replacement service on Washington Street; he accepted the fare increases that hit urban riders hardest; and he's been fighting against the restoration of the Arborway Green Line for years, recently sending out his troops to pave over the tracks so the cars can reign.
Now, suddenly, he is the champion of the T! With friends like Menino, the T is ...in the shape it's in.
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