The MBTA just confirmed that the train stops at Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing are staying open. My neighbors and I are incredibly relieved to keep this essential piece of our community history intact. Thank you for signing and sticking with this fight until we finally secured the right result.
We the undersigned request that the MBTA continue commuter rail service at the Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing stations.
Residents of these two neighborhoods have enjoyed service from these stations for over 160 years and to discontinue service would impose a significant inconvenience on those individuals affected.
For decades, the citizens of the Commonwealth have endured MBTA pension, benefit and patronage scandals and a legislature unwilling to enact meaningful transportation reform to end abuses at the agency and provide a more efficient transportation system. With a more efficient transportation system in place, the budget gaps faced by the MBTA might have been avoided and these service cuts would not be necessary.
We the people of Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing do not feel we should be punished because of the long-standing mismanagement of transportation in this state.
Additionally, we demand an accurate and full accounting of the estimated cost saving that these service cuts will create. It is difficult to understand how eliminating two short stops (one of which already has limited service) would create a cost savings that justifies the inconvenience which would be thrust on these communities and end a tradition of rail service that dates back to the earliest days of train service in Boston and the North Shore.
Respectfully,
The residents and commuters of the Beverly Farms and Pride's Crossing neighborhoods.
I have been hearing from so many of you who rely on these stations every single day to reach your jobs and homes. I am spending my time gathering the hard facts on these proposed cuts because the transit authority has been far too quiet about their logic. We are not going to let our neighborhood history be erased without a fight.
July 20, 2009
Seeing this level of support for our local stations is overwhelming because these tracks have been part of our lives for generations. I never imagined so many people would join me in fighting for the daily commute that defines our neighborhood. This momentum proves that we refuse to be the ones who pay the price for state mismanagement.
Reached 100 supporters
July 20, 2009
6 Comments
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Linda Lee
17 years ago
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We have been using these stations for generations. Don't take this away.
J
Jen Huang
17 years ago
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PLEASE keep these stops open! It would be such a nightmare for families in the area to get into the city.
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Tom Gibson
17 years ago
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Total mismanagement as usual. Stop punishing local commuters for your budget failures.
M
Mike Pearson
17 years ago
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The MBTA needs to fix their own spending before they start taking away services from the people who actually pay for it.
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Sarah Gray
17 years ago
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I have lived here for 20 years and rely on that train every single morning. This is ridiculous.
D
Dave Morgan
17 years ago
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my commute is already long enough as it is. leave our stops alone.
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The MBTA just confirmed that the train stops at Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing are staying open. My neighbors and I are incredibly relieved to keep this essential piece of our community history intact. Thank you for signing and sticking with this fight until we finally secured the right result.
We the undersigned request that the MBTA continue commuter rail service at the Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing stations.
Residents of these two neighborhoods have enjoyed service from these stations for over 160 years and to discontinue service would impose a significant inconvenience on those individuals affected.
For decades, the citizens of the Commonwealth have endured MBTA pension, benefit and patronage scandals and a legislature unwilling to enact meaningful transportation reform to end abuses at the agency and provide a more efficient transportation system. With a more efficient transportation system in place, the budget gaps faced by the MBTA might have been avoided and these service cuts would not be necessary.
We the people of Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing do not feel we should be punished because of the long-standing mismanagement of transportation in this state.
Additionally, we demand an accurate and full accounting of the estimated cost saving that these service cuts will create. It is difficult to understand how eliminating two short stops (one of which already has limited service) would create a cost savings that justifies the inconvenience which would be thrust on these communities and end a tradition of rail service that dates back to the earliest days of train service in Boston and the North Shore.
Respectfully,
The residents and commuters of the Beverly Farms and Pride's Crossing neighborhoods.
I have been hearing from so many of you who rely on these stations every single day to reach your jobs and homes. I am spending my time gathering the hard facts on these proposed cuts because the transit authority has been far too quiet about their logic. We are not going to let our neighborhood history be erased without a fight.
July 20, 2009
Seeing this level of support for our local stations is overwhelming because these tracks have been part of our lives for generations. I never imagined so many people would join me in fighting for the daily commute that defines our neighborhood. This momentum proves that we refuse to be the ones who pay the price for state mismanagement.
Reached 100 supporters
July 20, 2009
6 Comments
L
Linda Lee
17 years ago
Featured
We have been using these stations for generations. Don't take this away.
J
Jen Huang
17 years ago
Featured
PLEASE keep these stops open! It would be such a nightmare for families in the area to get into the city.
T
Tom Gibson
17 years ago
Featured
Total mismanagement as usual. Stop punishing local commuters for your budget failures.
M
Mike Pearson
17 years ago
Featured
The MBTA needs to fix their own spending before they start taking away services from the people who actually pay for it.
S
Sarah Gray
17 years ago
Featured
I have lived here for 20 years and rely on that train every single morning. This is ridiculous.
D
Dave Morgan
17 years ago
Featured
my commute is already long enough as it is. leave our stops alone.
We have been using these stations for generations. Don't take this away.