Digital_Islandboy
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Thinking even bigger, now that we have MassDOT, all air rights developments over the pike will see cash flowing to MBTA coffers, right?
And meanwhile the MBTA owns underutilized land ripe for re-development, e.g. Cleveland Circle. Does the MBTA own the land under the proposed South Bay Tower? (I doubt it, but you see where I'm going.) Or, for that matter, all the South Bay land between 93 and Dorchester Ave? New leases can help defray operational expenses.
Additionally: Raise tolls on the pike, add tolls to 93 (such an absolute no-brainer!) all to help cover MBTA operational costs. MassDOT, are you reading this?
Bust the unions, single operators on multi-car sets, etc. etc. etc. ...
The MBTA purchased South Station outright.(http://www.south-station.net/StationHistory.asp) So depending how close it is to South Station the MBTA/state might own that land now. If you goto the Boston City Assessor's website ( http://www.cityofboston.gov/assessing/search/ ) you'll notice how oddly shaped this land parcel is (parcel ID #: 0305364000 ). Grr. not working right now. As the address see "640" "Atlantic".
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