MBTA

The target audience for the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance poll on MBTA reform may have been political insiders or public outsiders. It's questionable how much either group took notice. 

Pure and simple, Mass Fiscal Alliance’s “poll” on MBTA reform is a fraud.

The conflict between Governor Charlie Baker and the legislature over MBTA reform is like a graduate class in political science.

The Globe’s Evan Horowitz thinks Charlie Baker’s idea that the MBTA should pay more of its own costs is “weird.” Here’s why Horowitz is wrong.

Ideas on how to fix the T are manifold in policy circles but, unfortunately, neoliberal solutions—replicating private laissez-faire market practices and values in government—seem to be dominating Governor Baker’s favored fixes.  The research suggests it will be the less affluent who pay if neoliberalism wins.

Where to assign blame for the calamitous performance of the MBTA? I nominate the candidate debates in the last governor’s race.

It is T time for the new Governor. 

Governor Charlie Baker didn’t have the MBTA high on his governing agenda. Then it snowed – a lot.  

The recent snow storms and the MBTA’s breakdowns gave us all a great opportunity to push for our favorite policy solutions.