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Mass.: Governor Patrick’s down payments on a transit legacy
(Boston Globe) Governor Deval Patrick isn’t hopping the Red Line to get to work, but that hasn’t stopped the comparisons to Michael Dukakis.
The Duke famously took the Green Line when he was governor, and Patrick’s latest transportation plan, released last week, revealed an infusion of money into rail and transit that represents the biggest commitment since the Dukakis days.
Over five years, Patrick proposes to devote more than 40 percent, or about $6.6 billion, of his transportation capital plan to the MBTA, rail, and other forms of mass transit.
Potential winners include the usual suspects, in and around Boston: $1.3 billion to extend the Green Line to Somerville and Medford; $835 million to begin replacing decades-old Red and Orange line trains; $252 million to buy so-called diesel multiple unit trains and extend the Silver Line to Chelsea. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/01/15/governor-deval-patrick-proposes-billion-rail-and-transit-betting-big-like-dukakis/shHT8QrzuK6FV5axKh0m5H/story.html