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Speaker 1: It's called the Freedom to Move Act, which looks to

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Speaker 1: expand accessibility to public transportation options with the hope that

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Speaker 1: that has people driving less.

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Speaker 2: We live in Summerville where they just extended the green Line.

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Speaker 2: Alongside the green Line is a really wonderful bike path

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Speaker 2: that connects from the minute Man into the city, and

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Speaker 2: since then we've been using it almost daily.

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Speaker 1: The proposed bill would require mass dot to set goals

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Speaker 1: for reducing miles stayed wide, as well as create a

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Speaker 1: council to find how trains, ferries, buses, and bike paths

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Speaker 1: could help. It doesn't mention any fines, penalties, or taxes

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Speaker 1: on drivers, but critics fear that could be a possibility

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Speaker 1: by just making it.

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Speaker 3: More accessible instead of punishing those I think people would

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Speaker 3: be way more open to the idea.

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Speaker 1: The bill is currently in the Senate Committee on Ways

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Speaker 1: and Means At South Station, James Rojas WBZ, Boston's news

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