Mass Governor Charlie Baker’s record on public transportation as presented in an easy-to-read yet diligently reported comic feature
BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS
If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular May 1, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because he doesn’t do anything very […]
TERROR AT 50 FEET
Acrimony over Seaport gondola plan speaks to need for expanded MBTA service March 13, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Much ink has been spilled in the Boston press over a plan by luxury developer Millennium Partners and its subsidiary Cargo Ventures to spend $100 million to build an aerial gondola system from […]
CRISIS AVERTED
MBTA bus mechanics beat back privatization… at a cost February 14, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Unionized bus mechanics represented by the International Association of Machinists Local 264 won an important victory last week when they agreed to a four-year contract with the MBTA—effectively ending a two-year effort by the transportation authority’s […]
LAWMAKERS PUSH TO RENAME THE YAWKEY MBTA STATION
This short feature is a sequel to “The Yawkey Way,” which caused some controversy, raised discussions, spurred subsequent coverage, earned attention from the larger sports and journalism communities, and was ultimately recognized as a notable story in the 2017 edition of Best American Sports Writing. Tom Yawkey has long been considered by some to be a blemish […]