While Boston officials are still eager to partner with an MIT vendor, a fix to the lack of safety gear in the citywide bike system is unclear.
Boston’s Hubway bicycle sharing system provided 650,000 trips between July 2011 and July 2012, its first 12 months of operation, and while the program appears to be a success there has been one glaring omission: helmets. Kris Carter, interim director of Boston Bikes, said at a Jamaica Plain Business and Professional Association Meeting this week that a helmet system was supposed to be in place last fall but never came to pass. “The mayor is aware of the need,” he said. Carter was at the meeting to pitch the idea of a Hubway station in Jamaica Plain, but a conversation on the system's lack of helmets erupted. He said Hubway officials are looking into teaming up with HelmetHub, an MIT-based company that has created a helmet vending machine…
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The entire T system is now at a crossroads, according to the MBTA Rider Oversight Committee.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
The following letter (dated Friday, Dec. 2) was recently approved unanimously by the MBTA Rider Oversight Committee, according to committee member Reid Sprite. Dear Riders, By now, you’ve probably heard that the MBTA has proposed to raise fares again, and you’re likely not happy about this decision. To be honest, neither are we. But just like you, the T is required to balance how much it spends with how much it earns. Since the last fare increase, the T has done its very best to supplement its income with ever-more creative one-time solutions like real estate sales, labor efficiencies and debt restructuring. We at the Rider Oversight Committee commend the T’s efforts to keep the unsustainable system afloat, but regret that the fate of the …
Mary Kay Donovan
11:56 am on Monday, December 12, 2011
"Attention - Citizens of Boston". This could happen to you". Maybe it's time to play the Kingston Trio in the subway stations. All kidding aside, we're encouraged to ride public transportation and save on clogging the highways with our vehicles, there is no parking downtown, even you want to pay. What happen to the "going green" movement? More people are riding the T since the Charlie card. Also… more ›