Public Transit ills Called a Health Issue

The Boston Globe
June 19, 2012

Massachusetts has made modest improvements in services to keep residents healthy, such as providing better bikeways and walking paths, but ­serious financial problems with its mass transit system could undermine those gains, warns a report by a coalition of health and community advocates. The report, to be released Tuesday, finds small gains in seven of 14 key health factors in Massachusetts over the past year, no change in six others, and a decline in one critical ­area: public transportation.

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