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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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STRANDED: MBTA CUTS, PLUS CABBIES CALL IT QUITS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CALI

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted November 17, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Transportation as we know it is going to be changing."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, MBTA, Pandemic Democracy Project, transit, transportation, Uber

THANKS, SOCIOPATHS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bob DeLeo, Charlie Baker, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, MBTA, policy, Politics, public health, social distancing, tax, taxation, transportation, usa

TRANSIT BREAKDOWN: AS ALWAYS, THE MOST VULNERABLE ARE IMPACTED

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 15, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“This would be concerning at any time of year, but it’s especially worrisome given that we are less than a month out from a presidential election.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bus routes, MBTA, public transit, Stephanie Pollack

MARKETING FIRM WITH POLITICAL TIES IS PAID MILLIONS TO “HUMANIZE” MBTA

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted March 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A consulting firm led by the son of Gov. Charlie Baker’s 2018 reelection campaign chairman is getting $5.5 million to “humanize the brand” of the MBTA as it embarks on a massive capital projects plan—and deals with bad publicity on a near-daily basis.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: accountability, blue line, Charlie Baker, condembta, delays, Governor Baker, marketing, MBTA, money, orange line, privatization, red line, T, transit

READER INPUT: WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOSTON?

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

We were happy to receive several dozen responses—many of which echoed each other, one of which was a poem, and some of which hit on subjects that we don’t think or write about enough around here.

Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #ArtsMatter, #mapoli, Art, arts, Cambridge, Housing, MBTA, Music, SOMERVILLE, transit, What's Wrong With Boston, WWWB

OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO CRY IN BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, GTFO, Guides, LIFESTYLE, Lulz, Non-fiction

Since many of our friends in other cities have included lists of the best places to cry on campus in their back-to-school guides, we thought it would be fun—if not a bit depressing, in a shameless click-whorey kind of way—to expand such a survey to an entire metro region.

Filed Under: FEATURES, GTFO, Guides, LIFESTYLE, Lulz, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, best places to cry, Boston, Downtown Crossing, I-93, MBTA, places to cry, public garden, red line, state library, traffic

NO MOONSHOT REQUIRED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 24, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

MBTA Red Line train on the Moon (with astronaut and Moon Lander)

 

Can a neoliberal columnist for a billionaire’s newspaper understand that a better MBTA is possible if we tax the rich (and make public transportation truly public)?

 

It’s hardly a secret that I’m no fan of Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung’s writing on matters political and economic. Which clearly reflects her belief that bringing big corporations to Boston and shovelling public money at them is the best way ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Amazon, Apparent Horizon, Boston Globe, Civil Rights Movement, Column, Democracy, General Electric, Gov Charlie Baker, Jason Pramas, MBTA, Moon, neoliberal, neoliberalism, public transportation, Shirley Leung, socialism, socialist, Suren Moodliar, Wayfair

EVEN WITH YAWKEY BANISHED, THERE’S WORK TO DO IN RIDDING BOSTON SPORTS OF RACISM

Written by BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ Posted April 3, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If Boston sports enthusiasts are angry that the city continues to be tarnished by a bad reputation for bigoted fans, perhaps their anger’s misdirected.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Adam Jones, Albert Breer, Albert Goodwill Spalding, baseball, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Charles Ogletree, Chris Young, Colin Kaepernick, Dan Roche, Dan Sileo, Don Imus, dunkin donuts, ESPN, Evan Drellich, fenway park, Gerry Callahan, Glenn Ordway, Howard Bryant, Jackie BradleyJr., Jerry Remy, Jim Rice, John Dennis, Larry Lucchino, MBTA, Michael Che, Minihane, Mookie Betts, NESN, Orioles, Red Sox, Sports Hub, Yawkey Station, Yawkey Way, Zineb Curran

STOP THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER SCAM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 2, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bird Rides, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Column, criticism, Democracy, electric scooters, Gov Charlie Baker, Health, Jason Pramas, Lime, Massachusetts, MBTA, micromobility, policy, Politics, privatization, public, PVTA, Raleigh, RTA, safety, SOMERVILLE, St. Louis, State House, transportation

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN AN AGE OF EXISTENTIAL THREATS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted March 13, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Column, Councilor Michelle Wu, Democracy, ecology, Environment, existential threat, global warming, Housing, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, MBTA, Noam Chomsky, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, Occupy, political activism, Politics, Ralph Nader, Rep. Mike Connolly, transportation

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