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CRT 2017 #21 · Communication to the City Council · May 8 2017
a report from Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., Chair of the Transportation and Public Facilities Committee, for a public hearing held on April 26, 2017 to discuss the possibility of the City subsidizing the $30 unlimited monthly MBTA passes for low income CRLS students who participate in extracurricular activities
City of Cambridge
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IN CITY COUNCIL
March 27, 2017
COUNCILLOR CHEUNG
COUNCILLOR KELLEY
WHEREAS:
Getting students to and from extracurricular activities can be burdensome on their
families; and
WHEREAS:
CRLS students are offered multiple reduced fair options through MBTA S-cards issued
at the school; and
WHEREAS:
Students can access a 50% rate for MBTA trains and busses 24/7 by either paying as
they go or by purchasing a $30 unlimited monthly pass; and
WHEREAS:
$30 or more a month can be difficult for students from low income families who
struggle to get by from week to week; now therefore be it
ORDERED:
That the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee be and hereby is requested to
hold a public hearing within 30 days of the passage of this order on the possibility of
the City subsidizing the $30 unlimited monthly MBTA passes for low income CRLS
students who participate in extracurricular activities.
In City Council March 27, 2017.
Adopted by the affirmative vote of eight members.
Attest:- Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk
A true copy;
ATTEST:-
Donna P. Lopez, City Clerk