What makes the turnpike authority better than the MBTA?
By adamg - Wed, 07/16/2008 - 8:42am.
Third Decade doesn't get why the state plans to rescue the turnpike authority from its crushing debt while refusing to rescue the MBTA from its crushing debt.
The Outraged Liberal asks questions, too:
... Did Cahill -- or Sen. Mark Montigny offer reform suggestions? And how can they be implemented in an agency that operates somewhat independently with a board appointed on staggered terms so that it is not supposed to be in the thrall of one governor. ...
easy question
The turnpike authority is better than the T because nobody "important" takes the T.
I thought the same thing.
I thought the same thing. But reading the article it sounds like a plain old restructuring. Isn't this related to that 'bad move' we read about months ago when the MTA tried to do something fancy to reduce interest but it backfired... It did NOT sound like any debt is being removed.
Not sure if the T needs the same kind of restructuring help that the MTA got...