Disabled MBTA riders protest cuts, fare hikes - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com: "BOSTON — Activists chained their wheelchairs together and blocked traffic at a busy intersection in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse on Monday to protest fare hikes and service cuts scheduled to take effect July 1 on the MBTA.
The protesters, chanting “If we can’t ride, you can’t drive,” shut down traffic on Beacon Street for about 40 minutes before agreeing to move onto the sidewalk after Boston police officers cut the chains and threatened to remove one man from his wheelchair and arrest him to clear a lane for vehicles to get through.
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