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March 4, 2020 By DAN ATKINSON

MORE ETA, LESS WTF

This marketing company with political ties is getting paid millions to “humanize” the MBTA brand

Filed Under: Reports, Transportation Tagged With: accountability, Blue Line, Charlie Baker, condembta, delays, Governor Baker, marketing, MBTA, money, Orange Line, privatization, red line, T, transit, transportation

July 25, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

FLIPPING US THE BIRD

Bird’s model looks to be entirely profit-driven and completely mean-spirited. No matter how much CEO Travis VanderZanden tries to equate the unasked-for and unwanted service to “freedom.”

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: accident, Alphabet, Apparent Horizon, bicycle, bike, Bird Rides, Blue Bikes, Column, Google, Health, Jason Pramas, Jump Bikes, LimeBike, Lyft, municipal, news, politics, prevention, privatization, public, safety, scam, scooter, Spin, transportation, Uber, vehicle sharing

February 21, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS

  Gov. Baker’s proposed cuts throw gasoline on raging policy fire   February 21, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS   A quarter-century ago, I lived in Lawrence for a few months. Because it was the closest place to Boston that I could find a cheap apartment on short notice. Unfortunately, I had a low-paying job […]

Filed Under: Columns, Townie Tagged With: Austerity, Budget, Charlie Baker, Column, cuts, economy, immigrant, Jason Pramas, Lawrence, Massachusetts, MVRTA, news, politics, privatization, protest, public, PVTA, race to the bottom, Springfield, TOWNIE, transportation, Worcester, WRTA

February 14, 2018 By JASON PRAMAS

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 […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Carmen's Union, Charlie Baker, Column, contract, District 15, economy, Fiscal and Management Control Board, IAM, International Association of Machinists, Jason Pramas, labor, Local 264, Massachusetts, MBTA, news, politics, privatization, protest, transportation, union, worker

April 25, 2017 By JASON PRAMAS

WHEN SLOGANS REPLACE BIRTHRIGHTS

How corporate ed reform threatens democracy April 25, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Over the last couple of decades, it has become fashionable for Americans to attack our public education system. Behind these attacks is that most un-American of attitudes: elitism. This is problematic for a number of reasons — the main one being that America remains […]

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, Columns Tagged With: Beyond Boston, BPS, Charlie Baker, charter schools, education, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, privatization, public schools

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