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LEGISLATORS, ADVOCACY GROUPS, and T RIDERS CALL FOR MBTA DEBT RELIEF Boston—Senator Barrios, Rep. Wolf and Rep. Sciortino, transit advocacy groups, and T riders called on the state to address the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s (MBTA) financial problems today at a public hearing before the legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation that is considering a bill to relieve over half of the authority’s debt.  The legislation, jointly sponsored by Representatives Carl Sciortino, Alice Wolf and Senator Jarrett Barrios, calls for the state to accept $2.9 billion of the T's $5.2 billion debt ($8.1 billion when interest is included). The intent of the legislation is to free up T funding so the agency can address service improvements and prevent future high fare increases. The MBTA is the largest transit authority in Massachusetts and the fifth largest authority in the country. The system averages 1.1 million trips every workday, which comprises about 90% of public transportation use in the state. The commuter rail system extends from Haverhill and Newburyport on the North Shore, down to Rhode Island in the South, and reaches from Boston out to Worcester. URBAN WALK WITH SENATOR BARRIOS
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This
past Saturday, Senator Barrios, along with WalkBoston, organized
an urban walk along a corridor of potential development
including riverfront
pedestrian ways, providing a regional system between the Charles
and Mystic Rivers and New Hampshire as part of the East Coast
Greenway. In attendance were representatives of the MBTA, the City of
Somerville, the Department of Conservation and Recreation and
the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The purpose of
the walk was to see first
hand how the development of Sullivan and Assembly Squares were
going
to improve pedestrian, bicycle access to the Mystic River and
the parks along the river.
