Community Corner

Should Wellesley Join the MWRTA?

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Wellesley' Public Transportation Working Group has . If the Board of Selectmen decide to pursue this option, Wellesley could have intra-town bus service in the near future.

Wellesley uses the commuter rail and paratransit service called The Ride, both services provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.

Officials say The Ride will stick around indefinitely, but once MWRTA bus service begins, it will be incumbent upon the MWRTA to provide comparable paratransit service to Wellesley.

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How do you think joining the MWRTA will change things? Is this union going to be beneficial or somehow costly to the town?


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