Commonwealth Magazine: Moulton Pushes North-South Rail Link

US Rep. Seth Moulton has a very different way of describing the North-South Rail Link, which would connect Boston’s two commuter rail stations by underground tunnel: He calls it the one truly ‘transformative project on the table today.’

Moulton made his case on Thursday to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, calling the rail link a ‘visionary’ endeavor that would inject vitality into the regional economy, prevent gridlock on area roads, and help address economic inequality by putting better jobs in reach of more people…

Moulton said employers today lose out on potential employees living in huge swaths of the Greater Boston area, while workers are cut off in their job search by geography. He said it is unlikely, for example, that any of the 800 new employees at General Electric’s new headquarters in the Seaport district are looking for homes in his North Shore district…

‘One of the things that I’ve learned in this job is that good ideas need champions,’ Moulton said following his speech. ‘Good ideas don’t succeed on their own, and I think this is such a transformative project for the Commonwealth and for my district that it deserves my time and effort.’

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