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Dear members and allies,
Tomorrow, the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on an amendment that would create a low-income fare program at the MBTA! Take action NOW to let your representative know that Massachusetts needs a low-income fare to fight the Commonwealth’s racial wealth gap and help working families get by.
Click here ([link removed]) to email the House of Representatives to tell them to vote yes on Amendment #107 to H.4897, An Act relative to Massachusetts’ transportation resources and climate.
A reduced fare for low-income MBTA riders ([link removed]) could help more than 90,000 riders, returning about $50 million per year to the pockets of the people who need it most. MIT research has found that riders with half-price fares take about 30% more trips on bus and subway. A low-income fare would increase access to the commuter rail, where high fares present barriers to using the service to low-income families in gateway cities and beyond. And it would allow disabled and elderly users to take more than 400,000 additional trips on The RIDE.
Amendment #107 is good for the entire Commonwealth. It would also empower the RTA Council to assist any RTA to implement a program offering free or discounted fares to low-income riders, including a no-fare option if cheaper to implement than a means-tested fare.
The House of Representatives votes tomorrow! Email them NOW ([link removed]) to stand with the riders and workers of the Public Transit Public Good Coalition and raise your voice for a low-income fare!
Visit PublicTransitPublicGood.org ([link removed]) to learn more and get involved.
In Solidarity,
Lee Matsueda
Executive Director
Community Labor United
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