BOSTON – T riders may be called on to help ease a growing budget shortfall at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Increasing fares is one of several options the agency's fiscal management control board is considering as it comes up with a plan to tackle a gap projected to hit $242 million in fiscal 2017 compared with $170 million in the current fiscal year as expenses rise faster than revenue. Possibly revamping the T's advertising policies and boosting parking fees are also under discussion, according to board member Steve Poftak.
By all accounts Suman Lal was headed for a career in medicine, but it was conversations with a fellow scientist Pradeep Paul Panengad about how women struggle with their hair that launched him into the development of a new product that could change hair salons all over the world.
Current hair straightening technology relies on flat irons and noxious chemicals. Lal and his partner realized a more scientific approach could provide a safer tool, one that would use more natural molecules to open hair cuticles and allow not only hair straightening, but also a potentially more lasting way to color hair as well.
