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The groups - Common Cause, Citizens for Participation in Political Action (CPPAX) and the Assn. for Public Transportation - argued that the MBTA has failed to consider environmental effects of the fare increase and has not secured approval for the fare increase from the MBTA Advisory Board. Represen...

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Published inThe Boston globe
Main Author Charles A. Radin and Joseph M. Harvey Globe Staff
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, Mass Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC 25.06.1980
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Hoffman, Gail
Locke, Barry M
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Summary:The groups - Common Cause, Citizens for Participation in Political Action (CPPAX) and the Assn. for Public Transportation - argued that the MBTA has failed to consider environmental effects of the fare increase and has not secured approval for the fare increase from the MBTA Advisory Board. Representatives of the citizens' groups which sought the injunction appeared at the T directors' meeting before the directors gave final approval to the fare increase proposals, which were approved initially by the directors on May 1. Gail Hoffman, a member of the CPPAX staff, told the directors that the injunction would be sought if they went through with the increases. The directors also said that the increases as proposed require only that the advisory board be notified - not that it approve. The advisory board, which has authority over MBTA spending, is made up of representatives of the 79 cities and towns in the transit district. The board's executive committee voted last week to seek to stop the fare hikes if T management did not ask for board approval before implementing the increases.
ISSN:0743-1791