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Random musings from a Midwesterner in Beantown.
Friday, December 30, 2005
Expanding T's ridership
December 30, 2005
IN "WILL Foy Save the T?" (op ed, Dec. 23) Charles D. Chieppo criticized the T's proposed expansion of the Green Line to Somerville and Medford. Citing questionable data, Chieppo implies that transit expansion is a luxury we can't afford. Just the opposite is true: Improved transit is one of the best investments the state can make. A Green Line extension will expand the T's ridership while spurring commercial and residential development that will, in turn, bolster state revenues. Even motorists will benefit by a diversion of commuters from overburdened roadways to rapid transit.
Chieppo would have us believe that this transportation enhancement would come at the expense of existing T service or might cause cuts in state funding for education and health programs. The truth is that the investment in these transit projects has always been factored into the state budget (not the MBTA's).
Instead of erecting false arguments that pit one crucial state investment against another, Governor Romney and other leaders could show real courage by beginning a dialogue about how best to get these transit projects moving.
JOSEPH A. CURTATONE
Mayor
City of Somerville
December 30, 2005
IN "WILL Foy Save the T?" (op ed, Dec. 23) Charles D. Chieppo criticized the T's proposed expansion of the Green Line to Somerville and Medford. Citing questionable data, Chieppo implies that transit expansion is a luxury we can't afford. Just the opposite is true: Improved transit is one of the best investments the state can make. A Green Line extension will expand the T's ridership while spurring commercial and residential development that will, in turn, bolster state revenues. Even motorists will benefit by a diversion of commuters from overburdened roadways to rapid transit.
Chieppo would have us believe that this transportation enhancement would come at the expense of existing T service or might cause cuts in state funding for education and health programs. The truth is that the investment in these transit projects has always been factored into the state budget (not the MBTA's).
Instead of erecting false arguments that pit one crucial state investment against another, Governor Romney and other leaders could show real courage by beginning a dialogue about how best to get these transit projects moving.
JOSEPH A. CURTATONE
Mayor
City of Somerville
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