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Documentary: Taken For A Ride
Why Does America Have the Worst Public Transit in the Industrialized World, and the Most Freeways? Taken for a Ride reveals the tragic and little known story of an auto and oil industry campaign, led by General Motors, to buy and dismantle streetcar lines. Across the nation, tracks were torn up, sometimes overnight, and diesel buses placed…
Read MorePublic Transit Public Good Coalition
Today the ATU Mass. Legislative Council met with our Public Transit Public Good Coalition to discuss transit funding and legislation at the Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council. Click here to see more photos from the meeting.
Read MoreBus Operator Assaulted – Arrest Made
On March 20, 2013 at approximately 1:03 pm Transit Police officers from Area 3 received a radio call to respond to the area of 51 Geneva Avenue for a report of an MBTA bus operator being assaulted. Upon arrival officers interviewed the operator/victim who stated he was spat upon by a male, later identified as KiDante Roberts, 18 of Dorchester. Victim…
Read MoreVolunteers Needed For Stand Outs For Rep. Nick Collins
Local 589 will be holding stands out for Rep. Nick Collins who is running for State Senate. There has been no better friend to us in the Massachusetts House of Representatives that Rep. Nick Collins. He has been there for us so it’s time we are there for him. Volunteers are needed for the following…
Read MoreHelp us ID this person
Transit Police detectives are seeking to identify the female subject depicted in this video. If you know the identity or whereabouts of this individual please contact the Transit Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 617-222-1050. On Saturday March 9, 2013, at approximately 3:20pm, A bus operator was assaulted by a female suspect at Ashmont Station. The female suspect spat…
Read MoreTransit Police Arrest Teenager in ‘Senseless Attack’ on Bus Driver
Boston Globe | By Brian Ballou and John R. Ellement | March 13, 2013 The attorney for an 18-year-old Roxbury man accused of participating in a group attack Saturday on an MBTA bus driver said today that her client punched the driver, but only as an instinctive reaction after he, too, came under attack by…
Read MoreCongratulations to Karen Maxwell
Congratulations to Karen Maxwell who was recently elected the new Barn Captain for the CSA’s in Rapid Transit Division.
Read MoreMBTA says ridership increased in 2012, despite fare hike
By Todd Feathers | Globe Correspondent | 01/31/2013 MBTA ridership increased in 2012 — with an average daily ridership of 1.3 million — despite a summer hike in bus and train fares, T officials said today. Last year, 400 million people rode the T, a 2.3 percent increase over 2011. The increase defied the expectations…
Read MorePolicy Briefing and Report Release
Dear Friends, Please join us in a policy briefing and release of our new transit solutions report on Tuesday November 27 at 10 am in State House Room 437. 2013 promises to be a decisive year for transit funding. Thanks to the leadership of riders, advocates, our legislature and the administration, transit has come to…
Read MoreATU members devastated by Superstorm Sandy
With the holidays coming, and the news stories no longer on the front page, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy is getting less attention. But our countless members living on Staten Island, in the Rockaways, and on Howard Beach who lost their homes and all their belongings are still trying to rebuild their lives. Or to the…
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