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Lynn’s woes are a crushing example of MBTA Communities Act’s failure

Por: The Boston Globe Opinion July 09, 2023

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Re (Ideas, June 25): The state promotes the MBTA Communities Act as transit-oriented development. It claims that one of the benefits of this type of development is This is clearly not the case in Lynn, where, as Joan Vennochi wrote, the MBTA Communities Act appears to be an unfunded state mandate with the state not fulfilling its responsibilities to maintain adequate access to commuter rail service. Rather than encouraging more residents to use... + full article



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