Many in Mattapan, Roxbury, and Dorchester say they feel like the plan for a center-running bus lane — along with other government efforts to increase housing and boost businesses along the avenue — is being forced on them despite protests. Which is to say, the current debate is about much more than a bus lane. It’s about trust, and what happens when the government has done so little to help and so much to harm a neighborhood that it has little credibility left. It’s about who gets a say in Blue
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Many in Mattapan, Roxbury, and Dorchester say they feel like the plan for a center-running bus lane — along with other government efforts to increase housing and boost businesses along the avenue — is being forced on them despite protests. Which is to say, the current debate is about much more than a bus lane. It’s about trust, and what happens when the government has done so little to help and so much to harm a neighborhood that it has little credibility left. It’s about who gets a say in Blue
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