Save our MBTA service! Public hearing and protest Tuesday 2/28 at Somerville High School

[ron_newman]

The MBTA wants to drastically cut service and increase fares on July 1. They are holding a public hearing this Tuesday at Somerville High School from 6 to 8 pm. A protest rally outside the high school will precede the hearing, starting at 5 pm.

Please come to the hearing and tell the MBTA that it is not acceptable to cut:
- Somerville bus routes 80, 85, 90, 92, 95, and 96
- many other bus routes in Cambridge, Medford, and other cities and towns
- ALL weekend service on the Green Line "E" branch
- ALL weekend commuter rail service
- ALL weekday commuter rail service after 10 pm

With these cuts, there will be: no way to reach the Assembly Square Mall or Burlington Mall at all; no way to take weekend daytrips beyond the inner suburbs; no weekend service to the Museum of Fine Arts, Gardner Museum, and much of the Longwood Medical Area; and no way for Somerville residents to reach weekend jobs in the suburbs (or suburban residents to reach weekend jobs in Somerville).

Here's a leaflet you can print out and post at your nearby bus stops.

If you can't make Tuesday's hearing, the T is holding another one Wednesday, February 29 from 6-8 pm at Cambridge City Hall.

Comments

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

According to the T's web site, the Wednesday meeting is at 806 Mass Ave, at the Cambridge Senior Center, not City Hall. I plan to be there. I'm absolutely furious about the proposed service cuts.

[fefie.livejournal.com]

The venue for the Cambridge hearing was changed to Cambridge City Hall as the Senior Center was considered too small to hold the expected turnout.

http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/public_meetings/?id=23581

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!! Yes, I hope there's a huge turnout!