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Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack On Fixing The T And A Broad Transportation Vision
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Stephanie Pollack took over as the Massachusetts transportation secretary in January 2015, just one month before the region was buried beneath record-breaking snowfall, a crippled commuter rail and the MBTA.
We discuss the winter storms and the ongoing discussions about how to fix the T and transportation in general.
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Stephanie Pollack, Massachusetts transportation secretary. She tweets @Steph_Pollack and her agency tweets @MassDOT.
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- "Some have called the winter of 2015 a ‘stress-test’ for the MBTA. While the MBTA ‘survived’ the test, short-term costs were significant in disruption, economic losses, and public and private hardship. The long-term costs are even more troubling: the loss of public confidence in our regional transit system. The catastrophic winter breakdowns were symptomatic of structural problems that require fundamental change in virtually all aspects of the MBTA."
- "Around the world and around the country, other governments are choosing to invest – and invest big – in transportation...Massachusetts cannot stay competitive regionally, nationally orglobally without making a substantial and long-term investment in creating a 21st centurytransportation system."
- "The first step, however, is to acknowledge what many know but few have been willing to state clearly and publicly: the MBTA transit system is an essential regional economic development asset whose very future is in danger."
This segment aired on June 2, 2015.