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Council on Aging committee members urge city to ask MBTA to revisit ride-assistance rules
Lynn City Council on Aging (Bylaws Committee) · October 22, 2025
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Summary
Committee members raised a separate concern about a recent MBTA policy change that stops drivers from assisting riders with groceries; members discussed municipal letters urging the MBTA to renegotiate the policy and suggested coordination with the mayor's office.
Near the close of the bylaws discussion, a committee member raised a separate service issue: the MBTA has changed ride-assistance rules and drivers are no longer allowed to assist riders carrying groceries to the door. Committee members said…
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