Lynch: West-East Rail More Important than Boston North-South Rail Link
Congressman Stephen Lynch said Monday that he thinks pursuing a connection between Boston’s busiest commuter rail hubs and the Northeast Amtrak network may be a waste of time.
Congressman Stephen Lynch said Monday that he thinks pursuing a connection between Boston’s busiest commuter rail hubs and the Northeast Amtrak network may be a waste of time.
With affordable housing developers nervous about losing what was a key source of financing thanks to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, nearly the entire Massachusetts congressional delegation is urging the bank’s buyer to follow through on SVB’s commitments to affordable housing projects.
The state’s congressional delegation is “furious” about service reductions at the MBTA and plans to have “hard conversations” with transit officials and Gov. Charlie Baker about reversing them.
Instead of demanding less density from developers – or worse, more parking – more communities should follow the example of towns like Arlington.