Seniors Arrested Protesting Fare Hikes to MBTA’s The Ride; Claim Cost “Imprisons” Users at Home

BOSTON/Theater District - Members of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council staged a rally in Boston Wednesday in protest against last year’s fare increase to the MBTA’s The Ride service, which they say was “extreme” and has now “imprisoned” seniors and people with disabilities in their homes. Around 100 people demonstrated near the Transportation Building at the corner of Charles St. South and Stuart St. Four members of the Council, along with its Executive Director, Carolyn Villers were then arrested following a planned protest in the street while sitting in a makeshift jail cell.

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