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Advocates call for T control board extension

Advocates call for T control board extension

Aloisi: ‘It’s a mistake to change horses in midstream’

By Bruce Mohl Codcast, MBTA, Transportation 0 Comments Jan 6, 2020

SOME OF THE STATE’S leading transit advocates are calling for extending the life of the existing MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board for six months to a year and making buses free across the state. On the TransitMatters Codcast hosted by CommonWealth magazine, Jim Aloisi, the former transportation secretary and TransitMatters board member; Josh Fairchild, the(...)

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