BOSTON — A day after global climate strikes, a group is spending a week going from town to town demanding Governor Charlie Baker make climate change a priority.
On Sunday, the group called '350 Massachusetts' focused on the MBTA, taking a nine-foot cardboard cutout of the governor on the T.
"We need more people to ride public transit and if you increase the cost of riding public transit, that's a burden on working-class people, and it makes it impossible to get more people on the T," said Craig Altemose of 350 Massachusetts.
Commuters have been calling on the real Charlie Baker to ride the T since his first term when problems plagued the system in the winter of 2015. He finally did earlier this month to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the upgraded Wollaston Station in Quincy.
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The protestors say they are making their point by bringing the cardboard version of the governor on the T daily, something they feel the governor needs to do to understand the full scope of the problem.
"The situation of congestion and frustration is at an all-time high," said Rosie Mott.
The group will be protesting every day this week and will end in Weymouth with a protest against the compressor station there.