The one woman that puts up flyers around Medford about the MBTA's service cuts actually went canvassing today and came to our door. Truly heroic.
The contents of her flyer and talk are about the
MBTA bus route redesign in 2022. Those changes are going to go into effect soon. (The MBTA site says starting in December 2024.) It involves a lot of service cuts to Medford that will make it hard for a lot of people to get where they need to go, particularly older folks that don't drive and can't walk long distances.
The flyer highlights the following cuts from the MBTA site:
- #96 won't serve Boston Ave. and will terminate in Union Sq., NOT Harvard Sq.
- #94 will be eliminated.
- #80 will run on Boston Ave. from Davis Sq. to Burlington, but it will be a low-frequency route (every hour during the day, every 1.5 hours after 7 PM)
- #134 will not go up into the Meadow Glen mall or go post the Fellsway Plaza; it will stay on Locust St. then continue to Mystic Valley Parkway.
If you live or work in Medford or Somerville, there's petitions you can sign to let the MBTA know that these routes are needed (she said made separate petitions for each cut because a previous petition that mentioned several routes got a response from the MBTA that quietly ignored several routes):
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https://chng.it/2ssBKTk5FP-
https://chng.it/ZNzQNjg5Hs-
https://chng.it/XgXVp27N74-
https://chng.it/sJ99FThhhpYou can also email betterbusproject@mbta.com to let them know you what you think.