Revenue from the Fair Share Amendment, passed in 2022, is dedicated to spending on transportation and education in the Commonwealth, but three years after the bill's passing, where do things stand?
GBH News transportation correspondent Jeremy Siegel moderates a discussion about the state of transportation funding in Massachusetts. Joining him are Brian Kane, Executive Director of the MBTA Advisory Board, Viviana M. Abreu-Hernández, Ph.D., President of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, and State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa of Northampton and member of the Joint Committee on Transportation.
Prior to serving as Executive Director fpr the MBTA Advisory Board, Kane spent 8 years at the MBTA in many capacities including, Manager of Operating Budget, senior staff of several MBTA General managers, principal staffer to the Fiscal and Management Control Board, and Director of Operations Analysis in T Operations. Kane began his career in public transportation as a budget and policy analyst at the MBTA Advisory Board in 2012. A Brookline resident, he holds a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from Northeastern University, and a BA in history from Boston College.
The first woman to ever hold the 1st Hampshire District seat, Lindsay Sabadosa has her AB from Wellesley College, her MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and her Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University. She was the recipient of the Wellesley-Yenching Program Fellowship, which led her to spend a year in Nanjing, China as a fellow at Ginling College at Nanjing University. She then moved to Italy where she worked in Marketing & Communications at CUP2000, a company in Bologna that strives to improve access and delivery of health care and provide telemedicine solutions throughout the European Union. In the same period, she opened her own small business, a translation firm, specializing in Italian and French legal and financial translation with a focus on international litigation, contract law, and finance. She ran this firm, with over 300 clients on six continents, for nearly 17 years until her election.
Dr. Viviana M. Abreu-Hernández is the President of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a non-partisan, 501 c 3 organization where she oversees the production of rigorous research, people-centered policy analysis, and strategic advocacy to advance policy solutions that promote racial and economic justice. Together with her teammates and in partnership with grassroot organizations and state-wide coalitions Viviana advocates for an equity-based state budget and public policies that provide resources for low-and-mid income working families and communities of color.
Jeremy Siegel is a global transportation correspondent for The World and GBH News. Feedback? Questions? Story ideas? Reach out to Jeremy at jeremy.siegel@gbh.org.
