Dan Atkinson
@atkinsondan.bsky.social
Reporter, formerly at Boston Herald and Gatehouse Media, currently freelancing and teaching at Lasell University. Investigations, reportage and opinion. danatkins1 at gmail.com
'We can’t get folks on Beacon Hill to wake up and pay attention to this project,” an advocate told me. It's a complex story, but people need to pay attention. Thanks to LiveableStreets Boston, In The Public Interest and the Center For American Progress for insight: horizonmass.news/2024/06/18/t...
THE MBTA’S ‘BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION MARK’
Speaking of high fares and tardiness, will the T have to pay private lenders for being late to deliver its new collection system?
horizonmass.news
June 18, 2024 at 6:11 PM
'We can’t get folks on Beacon Hill to wake up and pay attention to this project,” an advocate told me. It's a complex story, but people need to pay attention. Thanks to LiveableStreets Boston, In The Public Interest and the Center For American Progress for insight: horizonmass.news/2024/06/18/t...
And now that private equity is involved, we have even less info. But we do know the T has paid nearly a billion dollars for a system that won't be fully ready for another two years - and that the people they're paying are turning around and hiring lobbyists to work Beacon Hill
June 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
And now that private equity is involved, we have even less info. But we do know the T has paid nearly a billion dollars for a system that won't be fully ready for another two years - and that the people they're paying are turning around and hiring lobbyists to work Beacon Hill
The long-delayed, hundreds-of-millions-over-budget AFC 2.0 process relies on a public-private financing scheme that involves companies loaning money and contracting work out to themselves. 'It’s impossible to know if the public is getting value for their money,' an expert said.
June 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
The long-delayed, hundreds-of-millions-over-budget AFC 2.0 process relies on a public-private financing scheme that involves companies loaning money and contracting work out to themselves. 'It’s impossible to know if the public is getting value for their money,' an expert said.
- despite it being shown to racially discriminate and misidentify people. Thanks to @eff.org, @aclum.bsky.social, Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Digital Fourth for insights, read the full report at @horizonmass.bsky.social horizonmass.news/2024/05/20/f...
FACIAL ANIMOSITY
As Massachusetts lawmakers weigh new facial recognition rules, their own guards shop for AI-enhanced surveillance that privacy advocates call “chilling,” “unlawful,” and “racially biased”
horizonmass.news
May 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
- despite it being shown to racially discriminate and misidentify people. Thanks to @eff.org, @aclum.bsky.social, Sen. Jamie Eldridge and Digital Fourth for insights, read the full report at @horizonmass.bsky.social horizonmass.news/2024/05/20/f...
Security promises to never use the tech, but civil liberties experts are skeptical: "Any technology that is adopted, you have to assume it is going to be exploited.” And currently, Mass. police are using the tech to investigate fraud and financial crimes -
May 21, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Security promises to never use the tech, but civil liberties experts are skeptical: "Any technology that is adopted, you have to assume it is going to be exploited.” And currently, Mass. police are using the tech to investigate fraud and financial crimes -