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American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
October 16, 2017

Op-ed: T must seize money-saving moment

Here’s another one for that bulging “It could only happen in Massachusetts” file. Outsourcing bus maintenance would save $11 million a year and bring three of the MBTA’s nine garages into the 21st century. The work would continue to be performed by...
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
August 22, 2017

Op-ed: T privatization survives key union challenge

THE MBTA’S BUDGET SHORTFALL, once pegged at $335 million for the current fiscal year, is now down to $30 million.  That’s good news for riders, taxpayers, employers, and legislators—really everyone except the T’s unions.  Much of the savings is the result of...
American Citizenship, Transportation
June 2, 2017

Op-ed: Shame on the Senate for undoing Pacheco Law exemption

By Jim Stergios   JUNE 02, 2017 The MBTA has hundreds of thousands of daily riders and 6,000 employees. You would think that the interests of the people consuming 1.3 million daily rides might matter more than those of 6,000 public employees....
American Citizenship, Transportation
April 25, 2016

OpEd: Shine a light upon MBTA pension fund

By Mary Z. Connaughton and Charles Chieppo Guest Columnists Originally published in The Berkshire Eagle, the Milford Daily News, New Bedford Standard-Times, and The Lowell Sun. It would be easy just to shake your head and turn the page upon learning that the MBTA...
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
February 3, 2016

Column: For the T, riders should come first

Excerpt from Jim Stergios’ column in The Boston Globe.  REVIEWS OF GOVERNOR Baker’s first year in office, capped off by General Electric’s decision to move its corporate headquarters to Boston, have been largely positive. A more important marker to evaluate his long-term performance...
American Citizenship, Transportation
November 30, 2015

Op-Ed: Making 'The Ride' more cost-effective could help MBTA's finances

Unseasonably warm November days have given way to increasing chill. Long-winded prescriptions for how to fix the MBTA will now give way to the immediacy of winter’s demands — and there are reasons to worry. Longer term, there’s also cause for optimism....
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
July 28, 2015

COMMENTARY: More is needed to fix the MBTA

Read this op-ed in The Patriot Ledger, the Brockton Enterprise, the Fall River Herald News, the Taunton Gazette, the Salem News, the Gloucester Times, and The MetroWest Daily News. The budget lawmakers sent to Gov. Charlie Baker includes important new powers to...
American Citizenship, Transportation
July 6, 2015

Boston Business Journal ViewPoint: MBTA reform spotlights arbitration issues

As the General Court deliberates on the budget and reforms at the state’s largest transit authority, please allow us to share key findings from the Institute’s review of 3,600 pages of Superior Court documents associated with the 2010-2014 MBTA interest arbitration process....
American Citizenship, Transportation
February 19, 2015

Pioneer in the News (February 2015): Fixing the MBTA

Boston Business Journal op-ed: ViewPoint: What will save the T? A state-appointed financial control board would be a start BNN News: What it will take to get the MBTA on Track CBS Boston: Free Commuter Rail Rides Frustrate Monthly Pass Holders Boston Herald: Carr: Break out...
American Citizenship, Opportunity, Transportation
January 16, 2013

Boston Herald: Pay for current transit system first

We need new revenue to maintain Massachusetts’ crumbling transportation system. But Gov. Deval Patrick’s new blueprint gives the same old interest groups the tools to repeat the mistakes that got us into this mess in the first place.