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Public transportation is a right. Buses in particular serve low-income populations. This statement by the Sec. Pollack is dreadful:<br>
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<i>Pollack notes: More money for RTAs not the answer<br>
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<font size="2">“The answer is not to give them more money.” - Pollack<br>
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Source: https://commonwealthmagazine.org/transportation/pollack-notes-more-money-for-rtas-not-the-answer/<br>
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Thank goodness the Legislature upped the request for the RTA's.<br>
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I say this as someone who serves as Co-Chair of the Transportation Comm. of the Mass. Sierra Club.<br>
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<div style="clear:both">Clint Richmond,<br>
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