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From YouTube: Fairmont Line Announcement
Description
After a pilot that began in June of 2020, the MBTA has announced that the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line will permanently keep its expanded service. This expansion includes eight additional daily trips through the underserved transit areas of Mattapan, Hyde Park, and Dorchester. Mayor Wu joins with MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak, elected officials, and local community advocates to celebrate.
A
B
Good
afternoon
let
us
pray
most
gracious,
god,
our
father,
as
we
gather
here
today,
under
this
beautiful
blue
sky
in
our
beloved
city
of
boston.
We
thank
you
for
this
day
and
we
thank
you
for
this
occasion.
We
thank
you
for
these
very
fine
leaders
who
have
gathered
here
today
and
the
constituents
that
make
up
this
city
father.
We
pray
a
special
blessing
upon
our
honorable
mayor
mayor,
michelle
wu,
her
entire
administration
and
cabinet
father.
We
thank
you
for
all
of
those
at
massdot
and
keolis
and
the
massachusetts
bay
transportation
authority
father.
B
We
thank
you
that,
as
we
come
to
celebrate
today,
that
we
don't
just
stand
here
as
spectators,
but
each
of
us
would
examine
ourselves
that
we
would
become
participators
and
ask
ourselves
the
question:
what
is
it
that
we
can
do
to
play
our
part
in
making
boston
bigger,
brighter,
bolder
and
better?
Not
for
some
of
us,
but
for
all
of
us?
We
thank
you
for
this
day.
We
thank
you
for
this
occasion.
B
We
thank
you
for
the
celebration
and
we
thank
you
that
this
will
be
the
first
of
many
more
to
come
as
we
build
a
better
boston,
make
us
united
in
unity
in
harmony
and
love
that
we
shall
be
not
only
one
boston
but
one
nation
under
god.
This
is
our
prayer
before
you
when
we
ask
these
in
your
mighty
in
your
matchless
name,
for
you
are
jesus
the
christ
that
our
hearts
say.
Amen.
God
bless
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
A
What
this
did
was
allow
service
every
45
minutes
throughout
the
service
day,
and
it
serves
a
community
that
has
a
need
for
transit
and
has
cried
out
for
more
transportation
and
more
transit,
and
we
are
happy
to
answer
that
request.
A
fifth
of
boston's
population
lives
along
this
nine
mile
route.
It's
the
only
commuter
rail
line
that
is
within
the
city
fully
within
the
city
limits
of
boston,
and
these
residents
deserve
great
service
from
this
line,
and
we
are
pleased
to
take
this
step
in
providing
it
to
them.
A
I'm
grateful
to
be
joined
by
my
colleagues
massdot
secretary,
jamie
tesler,
our
mayor,
michelle
wu,
keolis
commuter
services.
President
gerald
francis
representative
holmes
and
representative
miranda
and
fairmont
indigo
transit
coalition
president
marilyn
foreman
to
announce
that
we
will
be
making
permanent
these
eight
additional
daily
trips.
This
is
no
longer
a
pilot.
This
is
permanent
service.
It
is
here
to
stay.
A
These
additional
trips
make
this
service
more
convenient.
They
alleviate
what
is
a
very
lengthy
commute
using
some
of
our
other
services,
and
they
do
it
on
this.
Fantastic,
fast
commuter
rail
line.
Right
now,
this
line
is
actually
running
ahead
on
a
percentage
basis
of
the
commuter
rail
system
as
a
whole.
In
terms
of
recovering
from
covid,
we
have
about
70
percent
of
pre-covered
weekly
ridership,
and
we
believe
that
is
an
indication
of
the
truly
the
demand
that
there
is
for
this
service
here.
A
One
additional
little
cherry
on
top-
and
this
is
going
to
be
breaking
news-
is
that
we
will
be
allowing
bikes
all
day
every
train
starting
may
23rd
on
the
fairmont
line,
so
that
is
that
was
not
in
my
notes.
That's
what
someone
told
me
as
I
walked
in
here
today,
and
it's
an
additional
amenity
that
we're
really
pleased
to
be
offering
to
our
customers.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
out
today.
A
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
ongoing
support
and
your
ongoing
advocacy
for
the
fairmont
line
for
a
community
that
has
long
been
underserved
by
public
transportation.
This
more
frequent
service
represents
another
step
towards
addressing
that
disparity
and
bringing
us
one
step
closer
to
our
goal
of
better
transit
and
better
transportation
for
this
community.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
coming,
and
I
want
to
invite
my
colleague,
massdot
secretary,
jamie
tesler,
to
give
us
a
few
remarks.
C
Thank
you,
general
manager,
and
in
that
spirit
I
want
to
just
say
a
couple:
quick
things.
There
are
a
number
of
people
who,
I
know
have
a
lot
to
say
today.
I
want
to
begin
just
really
with
thanking
a
number
of
people
for
being
here
today
and
for
what
it
takes
to
make
that
news
permanent
and
the
collaboration
and
effort
that
have
come
together.
So
thank
you,
general
manager
and
the
whole
tea
team,
our
commuter
rail
team,
all
the
services
and
other
parts
of
the
mbta
kiolis
qls
president.
C
There
you
are,
and
the
whole
keyless
team
to
provide
the
service.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
all
parties
on
the
city
that
we
co-operate
with
day-to-day
the
fairmont
indigo
transit
coalition,
president
mayor
and
our
customers
and
the
residents
of
the
community.
This
has
been
a
tremendous
amount
of
work,
collaboration
effort
to
get
here,
and
we
appreciate
it,
and
I
want
to
underscore
really
what
that
means.
C
When
it
comes
to
what
we're
talking
about
today,
we,
as
the
general
manager
said,
are
making
permanent
the
pilot
that
we
began
in
2020,
so
that
is
eight
additional
weekday
trips
between
reedville
and
south
station
operating
every
45
minutes
and
again
this
began
as
a
pilot
with
the
intent
to
learn
and
to
get
better,
and
today,
what's
clear
is
this
has
worked?
There
is
room
to
grow.
C
C
C
We
have
made
a
number
of
changes
and
and
improvements
since
2015,
but
the
work
continues
to
name
enough,
a
few
other
examples
of
investments
that
we
have
made
and
will
continue
to
make.
We
have
had
the
opening
of
the
blue
hill
avenue
station,
the
opening
the
chelsea
commuter
rail
station.
Recently,
in
december
of
last
year,
we
recently
opened
the
union
square
branch
of
the
green
line
extension
and
later
this
year,
we'll
be
opening
the
full
main
line
of
the
green
line.
C
The
infrastructure
spending
to
go
back
to
2014
was
only
600
million
dollars
a
year.
Last
year
we
set
a
record
at
1.92
billion
and
we
are
gonna
get
around
that
same
area.
We
had
set
a
goal
for
two
billion
dollars
this
year
and
we're
doing
everything
our
power
to
continue
to
invest
in
the
system
at
all
levels
in
all
ways
to
improve
the
mbta,
including
here
today.
C
Last
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
and
mention,
because
it's
a
critical
element
of
our
continued
success
and
ability
to
invest
in
the
system
is
governor.
Baker
filed
a
bond
bill
called
mass
track,
which
is
a
9.7
billion
dollar
bond
bill
to
support
the
continuing
investment
in
our
infrastructure
and
climate
change
across
the
entire
commonwealth.
C
We
can
cheer
for
that.
Let
me
pause
for
that.
It
authorizes
investments
in
our
core
programs
in
highway
and
transit,
energy
and
environmental
affairs
that
bill
had
a
hearing
a
couple
weeks
ago.
We
are
going
to
be
working
together
with
our
partners
in
the
legislature.
Do
everything
in
our
power
to
get
that
passed
before
the
end
of
this
year?
C
This
gives
us
the
matching
funds
to
use
together,
so
we
are
really
excited
to
work
with
everyone
here
to
see
this
bill
through,
to
give
us
the
tools
to
continue
to
make
that
level
investment
that
I
refer
to
in
our
infrastructure
every
single
day,
so
that
we
continue
to
build
on
the
improvements
here
and
at
this
time,
general
manager.
Am
I
turning
it
back
to
you.
A
D
Transit
systems
across
the
country
are
have
been
going
through
some
incredibly
tough
times.
The
pandemic
has
made
budgets
harder.
The
pandemic
has
seen
during
the
pandemic,
we've
seen
ridership
drop
and
for
boston
and
the
mbta
to
mark
that.
We
are
not
only
going
to
maintain
and
affirm
our
commitment
to
public
transit,
but
we're
going
to
expand
it,
we're
going
to
grow
it
and
keep
that
going
is
very
special,
so
I'm
very
proud
to
be
a
boston
resident
and
an
mbta
commuter
today.
D
D
That
has
been
policy
that
has
been
put
in
place
funded
with
taxpayer
dollars
over
time,
and
it
is
now
our
obligation
and
our
responsibility
and
opportunity
to
use
the
policy.
The
funding
the
moment
that
we
have
right
now
to
make
sure
that
we're
setting
a
different
tone
with
transportation,
access
and
infrastructure.
D
Advocates
fought
for
it
to
serve
our
communities
and
fought
for
these
stops
to
be
created
so
that
it
would
not
bypass
the
residents
who
make
up
our
economic
strength
and
our
strength
as
a
city,
and
then,
when
the
stops
were
created,
the
fight
to
make
sure
that
they
could
be
affordable
and
not
overpriced.
For
residents,
we've
still
got
a
little
more
work
to
do
on
that
front
or
the
fair
free
tea,
but
we're
making
progress
and
then
to
ensure
that
the
frequency
and
service
would
match
the
real
lives
of
our
residents.
D
D
It
is
fundamental
with
all
the
other
investments
we're
making
in
affordable
housing
in
climate
infrastructure,
in
green
jobs
in
schools.
People
have
to
be
able
to
get
where
they
need
to
go
to
access
any
and
all
of
that,
and
so
this
is
really
fundamental
that
today
we
no
longer
have
to
worry.
If
this
will
will
continue
on
in
the
future.
D
E
Thank
you,
mr
general
manager.
I'm
going
to
begin
by
just
acknowledging
the
mayor
talked
through
some
of
the
advocates,
but
I
have
to
start
with
mella
who
she
was
referring
to,
thank
you
joyce,
but
then
also
mom
and
martin.
I
just
think
about
just
you,
you
think
about
just
the
decades
of
work
when
the
mayor
was
talking
about
decades
of
work,
and
I
can't
forget
sue
who
I'm
telling
you
when
the
mayor's
talking
about
this
almost
didn't
exist.
E
There
are
four
new
stations
and
the
fourth
station
was
a
very
difficult
station
to
actually
get
in
place.
I
can
tell
you
I'm
wearing
my
t
token.
It
was
just
a
reminder
to
me
from
for
me
to
just
think
about
where
we've
come
from
and
where
we're
heading,
and
I
can
tell
you
as
a
person
as
the
mayor
was
talking
about
or
steve.
I
grew
up
on
this
line
literally.
I
grew
up
with
the
belief
that
this
line
wasn't
for
this
community.
E
I
believe
that,
because
of
the
fact
that,
where
that
matapan
station
came
in
is
where
I
literally
grew
up
and
to
look
at
trains
that
I
would
ride
every
single
day,
whether
it
be
the
red
line,
the
orange
line
whatever
and
see
people
color
primarily
on
those
trains
and
then
to
look
over
at
this
commuter
rail
driving,
where
I
thought
was
going
to
new
york
or
somewhere
fancy.
Never
did.
I
imagine
growing
up
that
this
thing
only
went
nine
miles
from
reedville
to
south
station.
E
I
just
imagine
growing
up
these
folks
were
going
some
fancy
place
and
that's
why
this
neighborhood
could
not
ride
that
train.
But
the
thing
that
was
important
was
every
time
I
looked
at
the
train.
People
were
nicely
seated,
they
were
reading
the
newspapers
or
whatever
it
may
be,
and
all
of
them
were
white
growing
up.
I
had
never
seen
a
person
of
color
on
these
trains,
and
so
when
mellor
marilyn
and
the
entire
team
are
advocating
that
at
fitc
we've
been
advocating
for
something
that
we
should
have
had
the
entire
time.
E
There's
no
reason
in
the
world
we
should
have
ever
had
the
obligation
to
fight
this
hard
for
you
to
travel
through
our
communities
and
not
stop.
Can
you
imagine
traveling
through
a
community
for
decades
and
not
stopping,
and
so
when
we
hear
about
permanence
today
I
think
about.
As
I
said,
you
know
when
we
were
thinking
about
the
mattapan
station
and
bringing
it
in
dr
scott,
myself,
laurie
and
others.
E
We
literally
the
fight
there
to
stop
that
train
station
being
built
was
unbelievable,
so
we
had
to
go
literally
door
to
door
to
those
neighbors
and
say
this
train
station
is
not
going
to
destroy
your
homes
and
the
like,
and
it's
been
traveling
for
30
years,
even
or
so.
When
you
bought
your
house,
why
don't
we
have
it
stop
and
why
don't
we
at
least
make
sure
that
we
can
use
it,
and
so
I'm
thankful
today
as
rep
miranda
and
I
were
whispering
to
each
other.
45
minutes
is
a
good
place
to
get
to.
E
But
remember
I
look
at
vinnit
and
I
think
about
when
we
were
in
go
boston.
I
had
the
honor
of
sharing
with
go
boston,
venet
and
was
on
the
team,
and
I
was
kind
of
the
equity
guy.
That
was
a
young
lady
who
took
care
of
the
climate
justice
and
a
gentleman
who
took
care
of
me
in
the
business
conversation,
but
every
conversation
I
would
bring
in
that
equity
lens
and
make
sure
you
make
sure
you
take
care
of
black
and
brown
people,
but
I
think
of
yasha
and
vineet,
and
that
team
that
I
met.
E
That
is
the
lens
that
the
mayor
has
brought
in
that
we
need
to
continue
to
have
when
james
jennings
did
his
report
and
we
thought
about
common
swear
and
the
team
saying
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
put
affordable
housing
along
this
rail.
We
don't
want
this
rail
to
be
where
only
rich
people
live.
We
want
transportation
to
not
do
what
it
has
done
over
near
the
orange
line,
who
can
own
over
an
orange
line
now.
E
But
when
that
orange
line
moved
from
the
hood
over
to
jp,
you
think
about
how
all
of
that
wealth
moved.
Because
now
you
don't
have
that
reliable
transit,
and
so
this
again
is
a
good
start.
Mr
general
manager,
mr
secretary,
but
of
course
we're
going
to
continue
towards
electrification
we're
going
to
continue
towards.
Thank
you
sue
right,
we're
going
to
con,
because
I
could
I
can
remember,
we
were
in
mexico,
and
mr
barrows
was
talking
about
hey.
This
line
is
not
reliable
and
I
was
saying
to
john,
I
said
john,
it's
reliable.
E
It's
like
100
on
time.
The
problem
is,
it's
not
frequent,
and
so
we
need
to
just
get
to
the
frequency
we
hope
to
15
minutes
because
of
the
fact
that
still
you
know
it
is
a
one
seat
ride,
but
it's
a
45
minutes
to
get
that
one
seat
ride,
but
we're
competing
with
the
other
lines.
That
literally
the
red
line
is
every
six
or
seven
minutes
in
the
morning
correct,
and
so,
when
you
think
about
getting
us
to
15
is
really
where
we're
trying
to
go.
So,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
F
Good
afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
secretary
chairman
president
mayor
and
all
the
advocates
that
are
here
today
and
since
report
stole
my
shine
a
little
bit
like
a
true
elected
official
fashion.
We
always
want
more
so
for
my
colleagues
that
are
not
here
today,
including
rep,
fluker
oakley,
senator
collins,
representative
consalvo.
F
This
line
is
incredibly
important
not
only
to
take
people
who
go
to
school
and
want
to
get
to
work
downtown,
but
to
take
people
that
are
downtown
and
in
the
neighborhoods
to
our
rich,
diverse,
vibrant
communities.
You
want
them
to
come,
get
some
curry
goat
on
blue
halav.
You
want
them
to
get
their
hair
done
in
matapan
square.
You
want
them
to
buy
meat
and
fish
in
new
market
square
and
they
make
it
important
to
connectivity
and
something
that
the
mayor
alluded
to.
That
I
believe
in
is
transportation.
F
Justice
work
is
economic
justice
work,
it
is
racial
justice
work
and
we
shouldn't
have
taken
to
2022
to
get
to
this
point.
But
today
is
a
very
good
day
and
I'm
really
here
to
celebrate-
and
I
want
to
take
a
moment
for
us-
to
give
a
round
of
applause
to
the
civic
leaders,
the
cdc
leaders
and
to
the
fairmont
indigo
coalition,
because
none
of
this
would
be
possible
without
you,
I
see
wow,
I
see
people
from
bloomfield
park
so
just
give
them
a
round
of
applause,
because
this
is
tireless
work.
F
The
work
of
community,
organizing
and
building
justice
is
not
something
that
takes
a
day
or
a
year,
but
it's
been
decades
in
the
making,
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
and
just
really
applauding
the
mbta
and
the
secretary
we're
on
our
way
we're
going
to
get
to
electrification.
Hopefully
we're
going
to
get
to
quicker
service,
but
let's
get
on
the
fairmont
line.
F
A
G
Thank
you
on
behalf
of
our
of
our
ceo,
abdullah
change,
who
couldn't
be
here
today
because
he
was
traveling
and
myself.
We
just
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
secretary
tesler,
mayor
wu
and
the
general
manager,
pop
tech
and
all
the
elected
officials
and
the
community
leaders
gathered
here
as
a
celebration.
G
G
When
we
talk
about
kcs,
we
talk
about
killers,
community
service
and
we
look
forward
to
the
continued
collaboration
and
the
partnership
of
working
with
each
and
every
one
of
you
to
make
the
fairmont
line
as
successful
as
possible,
but,
more
importantly,
to
keep
that
door.
Communication
open
and
be
able
to
communicate
with
understanding
and
listening
to
each
other
each
and
every
time
we
sit
down
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
Good
afternoon
everybody,
this
is
a
very
exciting
day
and
if
I
talk
to
you
before
I
stood
back
here,
I've
been
saying
that
all
day
right
how
exciting
this
is
it's
a
big
deal.
It's
a
big
deal.
It
took
20
years,
but
ain't
no
stopping
us.
Now
we
are
on
the
move
right.
So
we're
excited
to
to
be
here
to
celebrate
today
that
you
know
in
45
minutes
45
minutes
stop.
We
can
get
to
anywhere
in
the
in
the
city
of
boston.
H
I'm
so
happy
that
gerald
francis
referred
to
us
as
partners.
Everyone
talked
about
us
as
partners.
We
are
no
good
without
each
other.
We
need
each
other
and
we
need
to
continue
to
build
our
communities
and
to
put
the
things
in
and
around
the
communities
that
are
going
to
bring
people
together.
So
I
want
to
kind
of
just
give
a
shout
out
to
wow
because
they're
like
one
of
the
newest
groups
that
are
starting
a
park
right
at
the
tabernav
station.
H
So
when
you
get
off,
if
you
don't
feel
like
going
home,
you
can
go
sit
in
one
of
the
chairs
or
or
just
hang
out
over
there
and
all
along
the
line
in
four
corners
in
matapan.
So
much
excitement
going
on.
So
I
just
wanna,
thank
you
all
again
for
being
in
partnership
with
us
and
we
still
we
we
we've
come
this
far
by
faith,
but
we
still
have
far
to
go,
and
so
I
am
going
to
extend
my
hand
and
ask
you
to
grab
it
and
let's
do
this
together.
H
Let's
continue
to
build
and
to
make
this
community
what
we
want
it
to
be.
We
want
good
quality
of
life
and
we
want
good
quality
things
in
our
community
and
we
can
only
get
that
together
through
your
activism
and
us
working
with
our
partners
to
make
all
of
this
happen,
I'm
so
excited
to
date
so
excited
today
I
am
a
co-chair
and
my
co-chair
myra
is
over
there.
H
She
hides
all
the
time,
but
you
know
I
wanted
to
kind
of
just
acknowledge
myra
duran
over
there
who
always
pushes
me
and
say:
no,
you
do
it,
but
it's
okay.
I
don't
mind
not
today,
especially
even
the
lord
is
on
our
side
today.
Look
at
the
day
he
gave
us,
you
know
it's
just
so
wonderful
I
am
so
excited.
Can
you
tell
I'm
really
really
excited
and
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
partnership.
H
Thank
you
all
for
using
the
the
commuter
rail
and
we
still
we
45
minutes
for
every
stop
is
good,
but
30
or
even
15
is
better
right.
Mela
and
I
was
back
there
talking
a
little
bit
and
we
talked
like
we
went
to
the
same
high
school
and
we
talked
about
you,
know,
walking
home
and
looking
in
the
overpass
and
four
corners
and
watching
the
ringling
barnum
bailey
circus
go
by
with
with
the
animals
and
what
have
you?
H
Maybe
many
of
you,
don't
know
what
that
is
because
you're
just
too
young,
but
anyway
it
was
the
circus
and
it
used
to
come
to
our
community.
There
were
people
on
it,
but
it
was
the
animals
that
we
used
to
have
to
take
the
bus
and
the
train
and
all
of
that
to
get
to
the
gardens
to
see.
We
don't
have
to
do
all
of
that
anymore.
It's
so
wonderful
to
be
able
to
get
to
another
neighborhood
in
record
time.
H
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
again
and
tell
everybody
to
to
use
to
to
use
the
line
to
get
to
where
you
need
to
go.
It
is
just
so
wonderful
and
we
will
be
posting
stuff.
Go
to
wow
go
to
all
of
the
neighborhood
associations.
Websites
and
fitc's
website
is
going
to
be
up
soon.
If
you,
if
you
try
to
go
there,
it's
going
to
say
it's
under
construction
and
it's
coming
soon.
H
That's
my
fault,
because
I
keep
getting
excited
about
other
stuff
and
going
everywhere
else,
but
I'm
going
to
finish
it
and
it's
going
to
tell
you
when
you
go
there
it'll
tell
you
about
all
the
exciting
things
that
are
happening
happening
along
the
line
in
hyde
park
in
new
market
in
matapan
in
dorchester,
but
this
is
the
place
to
be,
and
it's
just
only
going
to
get
better.
So
thank
you
again
for
indulging
me
for
a
minute
and
enjoy
this
beautiful
day
and
and
go
for
a
ride.
Take
a
ride.
A
So
we've
heard
from
lots
of
speakers
representing
lots
of
different
and
really
important
constituencies,
and
our
last
speaker
is
going
to
speak
on
behalf
of
a
particularly
important
constituency
and
that's
the
commuters
who
actually
take
the
fairmont
line.
So
it's
my
pleasure
to
introduce
felicia
richard
to
speak
on
behalf
of
the
commuters.
Thank
you.
I
Good
afternoon
everybody,
my
name
is
felicia
richard
and
I
am
a
resident
that
lives
on
the
fairmont
line.
I'm
not
only
I'm
just
standing
here
thinking
when
rep
homes
were
speaking
about
growing
up
here,
my
mom
and
dad
had
a
home
right
on
greenwood
street.
As
a
young
adult
I
lived
on
harsman
street,
which
is
right
around
the
corner
from
the
morton
t
stop,
and
none
of
these
things
were
accessible.
I
I
It
took
a
commute
for
me
getting
to
work
from
an
hour
and
a
half
to
a
little
bit
over
45
minutes.
My
son
at
the
time
was
going
to
school
in
east
boston.
He
has
since
graduated
he's
attending
umass
boston,
which
he
uses
this
line
to
get
there
as
well.
He
was
going
to
east
boston
high.
That
was
like
a
two
hour
commute
two
buses,
two
trains
that
cut
his
commute
down
to
like
an
hour.
I
So
for
a
mother,
a
you
know,
mom
of
two
young
black
men
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
That
was
great
for
me
not
only
for
him
getting
to
school
me
getting
to
work
on
time
and
getting
home
when
they
both
decided
to
get
jobs.
They
both
got
jobs
right
down
here
in
newmarket
square,
so
getting
off
of
work
at
10
o'clock
at
night.
I
can
look
right
out
the
window.
The
train
is
coming
and
getting
off.
I
feel
good,
I
feel
good
as
a
mom,
so
it
is
very
important.
It
is
very
convenient.
I
I
I
just
can't
say
enough
about
it:
how
how
convenient
it
is
and
it
is
cost
effective.
It's
the
same
price
and
I
know
I'm
very
excited
about
what
has
happened
thus
far
being
able
to
get
on
this
train.
My
dad's.
No
longer
here
may
he
rest
in
peace,
but,
as
I
said,
this
has
been
decades
in
the
making.
I
remember
my
family
talking
about
it.
You
know,
as
far
as
they're,
going
to
put
a
train
line
here,
they're
going
to
put
a
commuter
rail
there's
going
to
be
a
stop
here.
I
I
see
some
of
my
neighbors.
I
grew
up
with
out
here
today
and
we
were
just
talking
about
that.
It
finally
made
it
here
so
with
that
being
said,
you
definitely
you
have
to
ride
this
train
just
give
it
a
shot
time.
Your
commute
believe
me.
I
I
promise
you.
You
will
definitely
be
very,
very
pleased
with
that.
I
It
gives
me
my
neighbors
that
don't
people
that
don't
have
vehicles
the
convenience
to
get
to
the
grocery
store
and
come
back
home
on
the
train
and
just
get
off
in
a
short
walk
home
versus
having
to
get
ubers
or
whatever
else
you
need
to
do
to
try
to
get
your
groceries
to
a
grocery
store,
like
all
the
shops
there
in
newmarket
square.
So
it's
definitely
a
very
great
benefit
to
this
community
to
be
able
to
have
access
to
this
commuter
rail
line.
I
I
am
working
with
climate
change,
I'm
a
community
organizer
for
that
here
now
in
the
city
of
boston
and
knowing
that
this
train
will
soon
be
electrified,
it's
going
to
be
a
great
step
toward
making
that
change
toward
cleaning
up
our
environment
and
climate
change.
Our
neighborhoods
have
the
highest
rate
of
asthma
and
allergies
and
other
health
issues
due
to
climate
change.
So
taking
this
train
and
electrifying
it,
it
speaks
volumes
and
what
it's
going
to
do
to
our
communities
in
this
neighborhood
so
definitely
keep
riding.