中華表演藝術基金會夏日音樂會系列延至8月11日開場

          (Boston Orange) 中華表演藝術基金會的2022年夏日系列音樂會，原訂8月10日開場，因演奏者 Kuok-Wai Lio航班時間更改，該場演出將延期至8月15日舉行，音樂會系列因此改為8月11日開場，所有其他演出仍照原定計畫進行。

在8月11日至27日之間，在紐英崙音樂學院的威廉斯廳及喬頓廳，將有23位音樂家免費演出15場音樂會。

8月20及21日，另有傅聰國際協奏曲比賽的複賽及決賽。

以下為早前刊佈的音樂會消息:

(Boston Orange) 中華表演藝術基金會2022年夏日系列音樂會，訂8月10日至27日在紐英崙音樂學院的威廉斯廳及喬頓廳，由23位音樂家免費演出15場。8月20及21日，另有傅聰國際協奏曲比賽的複賽及決賽。

受新冠病毒疫情影響，中華表演藝術基金會主辦的這夏日系列音樂會（Summer FREE Concerts @ NEC），已中斷兩年，今年終於恢復，已排定15場免費音樂會，將於8月10日至27日在紐英崙音樂學院（New England Conservatory）的威廉斯廳（Williams Hall）及喬頓廳（Jordan Hall）舉行。

8月20至21日，將同時舉行傅聰國際協奏曲比賽的複賽及決賽。

這15場夏日系列音樂會的演出者介紹和曲目詳請，已在中華表演藝術基金會的官網上公佈，http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/contents/summer/2022/index.html。

23位大、中、小提琴、鋼琴、及聲樂音樂家中，有享譽全球，在紐英崙音樂學院，寇蒂斯（Curtis)，茱麗亞（Juilliard)等名校任教的資深教授（如：Victor Rosenbaum、黃心芸、Sergey Schepkin 等)，有蕭邦、范克萊本、柴可夫斯基、西貝流斯（Sibelius)、Paganini等世界大賽的獲獎者（如：Inmo Yang、Evren Ozel、JJ Bui等)，有職業樂團的首席及團員（如：李倩茜、Nathan Vickery、Zachary Mowitz等)，有獲得 Avery Fischer 職業獎者（如：廖國瑋)，有2022年度被選入古典樂台全球30位30歲以下(Classical FM’s 30 Under 30)的傑出音樂家 (如：郭紫堯)，以及多位已獲得音樂博士或藝術家文憑（Artist Diploma)，已在世界樂壇上展露才華的新星們。他們將獨奏、雙重奏，或四重奏的演出。加上團員近百人，曾獲2010年美國獎（American Prize）的水晶（Mercury）交響樂團訂8月27日演出的表演，總共有15場音樂會，可讓大波士頓人一享耳福。

今年的傅聰國際協奏曲比賽，指定曲目是貝多芬第五號降E大調皇帝交響曲，複賽及決賽，已定8月20及21日舉行。初選由五位分別在臺灣、中國、及美國各城市的大學鋼琴教授負責評審，從來自加拿大、中國、紐西蘭、新加坡、台灣、及美國的參賽者所繳交視頻，選出了10人進入複賽。

這10名複賽入圍者，有1 人因簽證問題退出，其他9人將來到紐英崙音樂學院，參加現場複賽，爭取成為5名決賽入圍者之一。

中華表演藝術基金會官網上，已公佈10名晉級複賽者的簡介及20分鐘獨奏曲，以及負責複賽及決賽的5名評委簡介，包括三名紐英崙音樂學院的鋼琴教授（Bruce Brubaker、Hae Sun Paik、Sergey Schepkin)，水晶樂團的音樂總監及指揮 Channing Yu，以及曾任波士頓環球報（Boston Globe）資深樂評，以及范克萊本、克理夫蘭、仙台（Sendai）等國際鋼琴大賽評委的 Richard Dyer。(http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/contents/summer/2022/0820/index.html)

協奏曲比賽第一名獎金5000美元，第二名1500美元。第三名1000美元。

所有15場音樂會都是免費演出。主辦單位呼籲聽眾戴口罩出席，勿攜帶6歲以下兒童入場。並請愛樂者慷慨解囊，樂捐10元，以資助邀音樂家演出的相關演出費、旅費、住宿、音樂廳場租、錄音、錄影等費用。捐款可在官網上辦理，http://www.chineseperformingarts.net/donation/index.htm，或寄支票至中華表演藝術基金會Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, 3 Partridge Lane, Lincoln, MA 01773。

波士頓市長為使命山遊樂場重新開放剪綵

 MAYOR WU REOPENS MISSION HILL PLAYGROUND

BOSTON - Friday, August 5, 2022  - Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods today joined residents for the official reopening of Mission Hill Playground at 60 Smith Street. The playground renovation features a full basketball court so the nearby schools, Tobin Community Center, and the greater community can engage in healthy active recreation for kids of all ages.

“I’m thrilled to be celebrating the reopening of Mission Hill playground in community,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “Having safe and accessible outdoor spaces where children, families and residents can gather and have fun is important in building an inclusive city.”

“Our community outreach process allows us to tailor our park and playground revitalization projects to the needs of each neighborhood,” noted Boston Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods. “The Parks team worked with the Tobin K-8 School, the Mission Grammar School, the Tobin Community Center, and residents of all ages to understand priorities for the playground. The results include features that make the park a more welcoming communal gathering place, students and neighborhood kids have a new full basketball court, and the playground is more accessible thanks to pedestrian pathway improvements.”

The community’s priorities included expanding opportunities for social gatherings and performances, while maintaining artistic elements from the prior renovation. There was a robust community discussion evaluating the need for full-court basketball, which was supported by various members of the neighborhood, and was eventually included in the project. The water spray area now has in-ground features, allowing the space to serve both purposes, framed by the art elements, against the backdrop of Boston’s skyline.

“Planning during the pandemic required us, as community members, to get creative about getting everyone’s opinion about the park,” said Mary Ann Nelson, Director of the Mission Hill Health Movement, who worked with the project team to help get the word out about the improvements. “We spoke with a lot of park users on site, from neighborhood families to the resident domino players. The playground just reopened, and already everyone is visiting to use the new play equipment, to eat lunch, or just sit under a tree.”

The scope includes all new play equipment and safety surfaces, irrigation and renovation of the ball field, drinking fountains, bench seating and picnic tables, trees, renovation of the large retaining wall, and additional lighting. The highly-used pedestrian path connecting Smith and Tremont Street is now entirely ADA compliant.

"The Commonwealth's Division of Conservation Services is very pleased to play a role—working in partnership with City officials and the local community—in renovating Mission Hill Playground,” said Robert Wilber, Director of Conservation Services for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. “This beautiful, refurbished site will provide significant health benefits to so many in the years ahead."

The total budget of $3,255,000 was provided by the Mayor’s Capital Improvement Plan including a $400,000 grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities (PARC) Program.

For more information, call 617-635-4505 or email parks@boston.gov. To stay up to date with news, events, and design and construction work in Boston Parks, sign up for our email list at bit.ly/Get-Parks-Emails and follow our social channels @bostonparksdept on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

波士頓美術博物館宣佈收藏廣島原爆攝影集

 (Boston Orange 綜合編譯) 在廣島於1965年8月6日被原子彈爆炸摧毀的20年後，波士頓美術博物館宣佈收購了川田喜久治 (Kawada Kikuji)所出版地標性攝影集「地圖 (Chizu/The Map) 」的87幅攝影作品，底片，以及一本活頁夾，內含川田喜久治的聯絡單，個人筆記，「地圖」這本書的第一版。

波士頓美術博物館Ann 及Graham館長Matthew Teitebaum表示，該館非常高興川田喜久治選擇了波士頓美術館作為他這和社會議題相關，當下時代相關鉅著的主要藏所。有了這些非凡的日本藝術及攝影收藏，波士頓美術博物館在講述日本攝影師的故事上，將佔有獨特地位。他為該館跨部門努力導致這開創性收藏，感到驕傲。

川田喜久治被認為是當代最著名的日本攝影家。他也是1959年在東京成立的著名且具影響力的「VIVO攝影收藏」的創辦人之一。

            川田喜久治第一次到訪廣島是在1958年，接著的幾年，他又去了好幾次，拍下一系列照片敘述了廣島原子彈爆炸的景象及其後果。

            「地圖」中的照片顯示的不只是原子爆殘餘物蹤跡，也展現了持續著的心理影響。這一系列圖片讓人看見已成為戰爭對人類傷害的國際象徵的那些旋轉、蹂躪在(廣島縣產業振興館) 原子圓頂殘骸上的痕跡，一面皺褶，滿是汙泥的日本棋，棄置的美國可口可樂罐，幸運牌香菸包。

            藉由隱喻，川田喜久治的照片提出的問題不只是日本在第二次世界大戰及之後的身分及角色，還包括了美國佔領日本所造成無孔不入的文化破壞。這些圖像在語氣和效果上都令人毛骨悚然，讓看的人思考核子戰爭的代價。

MFA Boston Acquires Groundbreaking “Chizu” / “The Map” Photographs by Kawada Kikuji

BOSTON (August 4, 2022)—On August 6, 1965, exactly 20 years after the destruction of Hiroshima, Kawada Kikuji (born 1933) published his landmark photobook Chizu / The Map, a searing humanitarian statement about the profound effects of the nuclear bombings in Japan. Today, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has announced the important acquisition of the book’s 87 photographic images as well as their negatives, Kawada’s binders containing contact sheets and personal notes, and a rare first-edition copy of the photobook itself.

“We are pleased that Kawada Kikuji has chosen the MFA as the primary home for this monumental work, which so directly relates to the social issues that are relevant to our current times,” said Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Director. “With extraordinary collections of both Japanese art and photography, the MFA is in a unique position to tell the story of Japanese photographers, and I am proud of the cross-departmental efforts that led to this groundbreaking acquisition.”

Kawada is considered to be one of the most notable Japanese photographers of our time. He was one of the founders of the renowned and influential VIVO photography collective, established in Tokyo in 1959. Kawada first visited Hiroshima in 1958 and returned to the devastated city repeatedly over the next several years to create the series of photographs about the complex narrative of the atomic bombing and its aftermath. The photographs in Chizu / The Map explore not only the residual physical traces, but also the persistence of psychological effects. Among the images in the series are views of the swirled and ravaged stains on the skeletal remains of the Atomic Dome (the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall), which became an international symbol of the war’s toll on humanity; a crumpled, mud-stained Japanese flag; and discarded American Coca-Cola bottles and Lucky Strike cigarette packages. Through a mastery of metaphor, Kawada’s photographs raise questions not only about the identity and role of Japan through the course of World War II and afterward, but also the pervasive cultural disruption that was caused by the American Occupation of Japan. The images are eerily apocalyptic in tone and effect, asking viewers to contemplate the toll of nuclear war.

“My very early work, Chizu / The Map, had traveled down a winding path for nearly a half-century, when, in 2011, the Great Eastern Earthquake struck. A tsunami of an unprecedented magnitude marked a complex twist to a long catastrophe. In an ensuing exhibition at the MFA, entitled In the Wake, an incisive and intellectually luminous analysis of the incident was offered by curators Anne Nishimura Morse and Anne E. Havinga. In it, I detected a subtle voice that shepherded my Chizu / The Map into a new direction. I have ever since envisioned the MFA as the place where the images and history of Chizu / The Map may be retained and regenerated today and in the future,” said Kawada. “I am ever indebted and grateful to the MFA, its curators, and to everyone involved in this extraordinary endeavor.”

A key aspect of Japanese photography has long been the preeminence of the photography book format, commonly known as the “photobook.” In the 1960s, the photobook was the dominant format for Japanese photographers to introduce their work—with few galleries and collectors of unique photographic works in Japan, it offered artists the opportunity to show their images in large numbers and to circulate them widely.

In the making of the photobook Chizu / The Map, Kawada collaborated with the pioneering graphic designer Sugiura Kohei (born 1932), whose exquisite multilayered sequencing of the images forces the viewer to contemplate the bombing through stages, dwelling first on the atomic explosion and then on its long legacy. The cover of the box announces the goals of the volume not only with the title, but also with a line: “We are arrived in an age where we drift without courage, ambitions, deeds, nor even beautiful memories. Ask! Where is our map today, our vision, our radiant order?”

On the cover itself, Kawada’s individual verbal responses to the bombing appear in English and Japanese: keloid, rocket, energy, machine, secret, Enola Gay. The main text of the book was written by the Nobel Prize-winning author Oe Kenzaburo (born 1935). Inside, printed on a separate sheet, is a bilingual prose poem explaining the publication’s title. The first stanza reads: 

…I saw a map close to my wounded eyes.
while it was nothing but a little piece of ground
stained with heavy oil, it really appeared
to me like a map of the world
full of violence in which I was to live thenceforth.

As a photobook, and as a collaboration among a photographer, writer and designer, Chizu / The Map has been cited by scholars as one of the most extraordinary and evocative of all time.

The newly acquired works join four others by Kawada already in the MFA’s collection, including a pair of folding screens made in 2017 that incorporated several of the Chizu / The Map images—showcasing the photographer’s ongoing practice of reinterpreting his earlier work. Photographs by Kawada were also featured in the MFA’s 2015 exhibition In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11.

第22屆福音節音樂會訂8月7日下午5點在法蘭克林公園舉行

MAYOR WU ANNOUNCES 22ND ANNUAL GOSPELFEST CONCERT GospelFest is New England’s largest Gospel music celebration and is free and open to all.

BOSTON - Friday, August 5, 2022  - Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that the City of Boston’s annual GospelFest concert will take place on Sunday, August 7 at 5:00 p.m. at Playstead Field at Franklin Park. Now in its 22nd year, GospelFest showcases both national and local gospel talent. Blending contemporary and traditional gospel melodies, this annual event is produced by the Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment in partnership with the Faith Collective. This event is free and open to the public. “I’m thrilled to announce Boston’s 22nd annual GospelFest concert!” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “GospelFest celebrates Boston’s communities and supports local and national gospel artists. I am grateful to all of our partners and encourage everyone to stop by Franklin Park this Sunday.” Travis Greene will headline the concert, and Angela Elizabeth, Chris Bender, Kymberli Joye, and the Mayor’s Community Gospel Choir will also perform. This event will be hosted by the Bishop Bobby Perry, founder and pastor at Kingdom Builders' Worship Center in Dorchester. “Annually our team partners with hundreds of events globally. GospelFest is easily one of my favorites simply because of its community impact in my hometown,” said Faith Collective owner John Bernier. “I’m thrilled that Mayor Wu's office is carrying on this legacy and providing a positive impact on our community!” Attendees are welcome to bring a chair or blanket to the concert venue, Playstead Field at Franklin Park. Suya Joint food truck will have food and drinks available for purchase at the event. The Boston Water and Sewer Commission water truck will also be on site for attendees.

麻州新發現42宗猴痘病例 宣佈進入緊急狀態

             (Boston Orange 綜合編譯) 聯邦政府才剛宣佈猴痘病毒快速散播，公共衛生進入緊急狀況，麻州公共衛生廳4日就宣佈，上星期又發現42名男子染患猴痘。

            根據麻州公共衛生廳的記錄，新病例是在7月28日至8月3日之間診斷出來的。麻州從5月18日發現第一宗猴痘個案以來，現已累計至157宗。

          州政府和地方人員正和病人，以及他們的醫療機構合作，確認哪些人可能和病人確診後有過接觸。

世界衛生組織 (WHO)在不到2個星期前，才宣佈猴痘是國際須要關注的公共衛生事件，美國健康及人民服務卿Xavier Becerra在8月4日這天也宣佈了猴痘的擴散是公共衛生緊急事件。

世衛組織迄今只為其他2種疾病做過這種宣佈，脊隨灰質炎 (polio)、新冠病毒 (COVID-19)。

聯邦政府的宣佈這是緊急事件，將使得衛生機構可以獲得聯邦經費，並加速診斷及治療的發展。

根據聯邦疾病防治中心 (CDC)的報告，全美有6617宗猴痘案，全世界有26864宗。

大部分的病人都在2到4週內復原了。任何人感染了該病毒，就應該隔離，避免和其他人接觸。

在麻州，目前有14個地點提供猴痘疫苗，截至8月3日，麻州共施打了5875劑猴痘疫苗。

這疫苗目前在全美各地或麻州都數量有限，在麻州只提供給在麻州工作或居住，並符合聯邦疾病防治中心規定的人，並以很有可能暴露在這種病毒之下的人為優先。

任何人覺得自己符合資格，都可向各人的醫療服務機構聯絡，要求評估，以確認是否符合規定要求。

波士頓市長指派 Aliza Wasserman 出掌食物正義辦公室

MAYOR WU APPOINTS ALIZA WASSERMAN AS DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF FOOD JUSTICE

BOSTON - Friday, August 5, 2022 - Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the appointment of Aliza Wasserman as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Food Justice (OFJ). The Office of Food Justice is charged with building a local food system that is equitable, resilient, sustainable, and just. As Director, Wasserman is charged with leading OFJ to make nutritious, affordable, and culturally relevant food accessible to all Boston residents while accelerating climate action.  “In Boston, food should be a force for justice. Aliza’s experience with public health and food policy will drive our work to make nutritious, culturally-relevant food more accessible for all of our residents and advance our climate goals,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “I am thrilled to welcome Aliza back to city government and look forward to collaborating on policies and programs that nourish, connect, and uplift our communities.” The Mayor’s Office of Food Justice focuses on five pillars to make nutritious, affordable food accessible in Boston. These include investing in Boston’s food economy, supporting Boston’s food chain workers, expanding access to affordable food that is also culturally appropriate and nutritious, leveraging public procurement to deliver good food for Boston residents and strengthen our supply chains, and empowering a wide coalition of food system advocates and community members to advocate for policies at the city, state and federal levels.  "I am thrilled to join the team to advance Mayor Wu's food justice agenda in collaboration with every part of city government,” said Aliza Wasserman. “As we build a more resilient, equitable city, the Office of Food Justice will work alongside Boston residents to advance a vision of food justice that acknowledges the injustices of the past while building new systems that reflect our shared values." Originally from New York, Aliza found her home and commitment to serving the City of Boston during her six years as a policy analyst for Intergovernmental Relations at the Boston Public Health Commission. Aliza’s background is in public health and food policy, and she has spent the past seven years leading technical assistance, policy advocacy and program implementation work in Washington, DC with Wholesome Wave, National League of Cities, and DC Greens. In Washington, Aliza developed and advocated for federal policies that make it easier for cities across the country to improve access to affordable fresh produce, including through paying for prescriptions for fruits and vegetables to prevent chronic illness from worsening. She also developed a community of practice, training and tools for municipal elected officials and staff from around the country to disrupt structural racism as a cause of inequities in their cities.  Throughout the pandemic, she led Washington, DC’s citywide fresh produce program to innovate by integrating home delivery, streamlining enrollment through the city’s Department of Aging, partnering with mutual aid organizations and embedding produce pickups at several dozen community sites around the city, while integrating a racial equity rubric into the program’s vendor contracting model.  Aliza holds masters degrees in Food Policy & Applied Nutrition and Public Health from Tufts University. She lives in Roslindale and enjoys its farmers market and long standing small food businesses. In her free time, Aliza relishes any opportunity she has to spend with her niece and nephew. “The Mayor’s Office of Food Justice is committed to Mayor Wu's vision for a bold, equitable approach to food systems that gets nutritious food to all residents, while enhancing the health of the planet and our local economy,” said Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy and Open Space. “I am excited about Aliza’s expertise in the food justice space and I look forward to working with her on our collective goals.” In February, Mayor Wu re-launched the Office of Food Justice – formerly the Office of Food Access – as part of the Environment, Energy and Open Space Cabinet. Mayor Wu also announced the creation of GrowBoston: Office of Urban Agriculture to increase food production throughout Boston and support local farmers and gardeners. This appointment of Wasserman expands upon the Mayor’s commitment to improving the accessibility and affordability of nutritious food in Boston and strengthening local food systems to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis.   The Office of Food Justice will be working closely with GrowBoston in a shared effort to transform our local food system. This includes partnering to provide low-income residents with garden beds through a $2.5 million ARPA investment. Recently, Mayor Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Food Justice announced that over 120 Boston Summer Eats Program meal sites opened July 5, 2022, running throughout the summer. Additionally, the Office of Food Justice is operating the Farmers Market Coupon Program for the third year. The goal of the Farmers Markets Coupon Program is to support households who do not qualify for federal and state programs, including but not limited to immigrants and refugees. This year, the Mayor’s Office of Food Justice has partnered with more than 20 community-based organizations to distribute farmers market coupons to food-insecure households in Boston, including Allston-Brighton, Charleston, Chinatown, Dorchester, East Boston, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and South Boston.   For more information about food resources available, visit here.

MBTA 一輛休班巴士突然著火 2名地鐵員工送醫

推特上的地鐵巴士著火圖。

           (Boston Orange 綜合編譯) 麻州地鐵 (MBTA) 事故不斷。8月3日才宣佈橘線停駛一個月，4日又有一輛巴士在Arborway維修廠著火，2名地鐵員工送醫。

          麻州地鐵發言人Koe Pesaturo表示，4日下午3點10分，一輛才剛抵達Arborway廠要做維修的巴士，後車廂突然著火。他說，地鐵人員企圖滅火，但沒能做到。員工送醫檢查是因為他們可能吸入煙霧。起火原因還在調查。

          在推特上的照片，顯示一輛巴士後車箱頂端橘色火焰包在濃黑煙霧中熊熊燃燒。拍這照片的Darragh Murphy說，當時她正開從牙買加平原開車回多徹斯特，從眼角餘光中看到了橘色火焰。

          她說那輛著了火的巴士從華盛頓街上開進維修廠，火勢很猛，燒得很快，向上直衝，但是駕駛似乎非常冷靜地開著車，大概開了100碼的開進MBTA位於華盛頓街上的停車場。得向他們致敬。

          現年53歲的Murphy說，這天的天氣是”我的天哪”的那麼熱。她自己很少搭地鐵，但她的女兒常常搭。”現在，我的意思是，熱浪來襲，事故會發生，但，這似乎是一而再，再而三地發生事故。這整個地區的人民真的該有個有用的交通系統”。

          根據麻州地鐵發言人Pesaturo，在橘線停駛期間，麻州地鐵計畫用私人公司的巴士來接載大部分的乘客，但也會用地鐵自己的巴士。

          他說，”目前還不知道會有多少輛巴士，或者使用頻率多高，但是大概只會在週末使用”。

麻州2聯邦參眾議員呼籲MBTA在橘線停駛期間讓所有地鐵及巴士供人免費搭乘

麻州地鐵橘線Wellington地鐵站尚待維修的車軌及地鐵車廂。

           (Boston Orange 編譯) 聯邦眾議員Ayanna Pressley和聯邦參議員 Edward J. Markey呼籲麻州地鐵 (MBTA) 在橘線停駛的30天中，讓所有的地鐵及巴士都免費供人搭乘。

麻州地鐵總經理3日和麻州州長查理貝克 (Charlie Baker)在橘線地鐵Wellington車站，說明為更切實地整修橘線地鐵，8月19日起，橘線將停駛一個月。

前述2名聯邦參眾議員催促麻州地鐵動用聯邦政府已經撥給該機構的錢來支付車費損失，藉以紓緩橘線這麻州第二繁忙地鐵路線數以萬計乘客們，在這期間得找其他替代交通工具的負擔。

Ayanna Pressley在推特上發聲，呼籲地鐵免費供人搭乘。 (推特傑圖)

橘線地鐵將從8月19日到9月19日之間停駛，以維修並更換沿線路軌及燈號。

在宣佈停駛前，麻州地鐵原本預估本會計年度，每月可經由橘線獲得4000萬元收入。

Ayanna Pressley和Ed Markey在一份聲明中表示，「國會已撥發足夠資源來做這必要的投資，並在橘線停駛期間提供有意義的濟助」。「麻州政府已經讓乘客很失望了，不應該再讓乘客們一肩擔起這些不方便和費用」。

麻州今年稍早從聯邦政府的基礎設施法撥給公共交通的25億元中，獲得5億3700萬元來更新公共交通系統。參議員的發言人說，那筆錢足夠支付橘線停駛時的車費收入損失。

專家們說，哪筆錢已經有一大部分被分配進樓宇項目中，得重新分配，才能填補車費收入損失。

麻州地鐵還收到了將近20億元的聯邦新冠病毒援救經費，大部分也已經預訂用於支付營運開銷。

麻州目前有23億元來自聯邦政府，還未動用的新冠病毒援救經費，這筆錢由麻州議會控制，要把其中的一部分用在麻州地鐵上，得由議會通過法案。

麻州議會最近分配了2億6600萬元給麻州地鐵，來解決聯邦交通管理局 (FTA)看到的問題。

                         Ed Markey和Ayanna Pressley堅持認為，在橘線停駛期間，用這現有的經費來讓紅，藍，綠線地鐵及巴士免費，會非常值得，可以確保乘客不致於因為這一動盪而在財務上受影響。他們說，這做法還可幫助那些掙扎度日的人因應歷史紀錄的通貨膨脹。

                          他們倆都在國會中繼續推動法案，要設立50億元的競爭補助項目來支持全國性的免費交通計畫。

                            民主黨說，貝克 (Baker) 政府和麻州地鐵決定整條橘線地鐵停駛一個月，對那些依賴橘線地鐵去工作、上學，上雜貨店，獲取其他眾要服務的人，尤其是對黑人，拉丁裔人，殘障，低收入，以及其他邊緣社區的人來說，簡直是毀滅性的打擊。

                     麻州地鐵乘客們近來已經在忍受更糟的服務。麻州地鐵為因應聯邦交通管理局的調查發現地鐵沒有足夠的調派原來安全營運，上個月宣佈紅線、橘線及藍線地鐵服務縮減20%，去年12月，麻州地鐵縮減巴士服務3%，因為還沒僱到足夠的駕駛，也還未能恢復服務量。

                      麻州地鐵表示，當9月19日乘客們回來搭橘線地鐵時，會發現因為車軌在停駛期間更新了，車速更快。6月十，聯邦交通管理局發現，大部分橘線地鐵車軌狀況不佳，逼使橘線長年必須減速行駛。

                 聯邦交通管理局的地鐵安全報告，預定本月出爐。

                   在即將來臨的停駛期中，麻州地鐵鼓勵橘線乘客搭乘將增加站點的通勤火車。乘客只要向車長展示持有查理卡或查理車票，就可以在所有的1，1A，以及2區車站上車。

               麻州地鐵為疏導橘線乘客，週三通過了一份3700萬元，讓乘客免費搭乘的穿梭巴士合約。麻州地鐵總經理Steve Poftak在週三時表示，地鐵當局還在研究巴士路線，在橘線停駛期間不會增加地鐵及巴士服務。

              波士頓市為因應這一變動，正研究設計只供穿梭巴士行駛的巴士專用車道，另外考慮讓乘客免費騎藍自行車。