Today marked the first day of the month-long shutdown of the Orange Line, which will cause disruption across the entire Boston metro area (lots of lateness, lots of traffic, lots more pollution, and the list goes on). But this was a long time coming.

The shutdown of the Orange Line shows what happens when we fail to properly maintain our transportation infrastructure: hundreds of thousands of people’s lives are affected, with more difficult commutes to work and to school whether by bus, by train, by car, by bike, or by foot. When a bridge, road, or transit line anywhere in Massachusetts is forced to close abruptly due to safety issues, our entire economy suffers.

That’s why we’re fighting for the Fair Share Amendment: Yes on Question 1. Question 1 will provide significant new resources to maintain our transportation infrastructure across the state before another crisis occurs, and only those who earn more than $1 million a year will pay more.

With Question 1, we’ll have more money to invest in the MBTA, as well as in roads, bridges, highways, and rail and bus service across the state.

But that victory won’t come without your help.

Can you sign up to phone bank or canvass for the Fair Share campaign?

TOMORROW—Saturday, August 20

Roxbury

Worcester

South End

Leominster

SUNDAY, August 21

Acton/Boxborough Farmers Market

Brookline

Cambridge

Dorchester

Lynn

MONDAY, August 22

Virtual Statewide Phonebank

Belmont

TUESDAY, August 23

Needham

Somerville

WEDNESDAY, August 24

Chicopee

Clinton

Quincy

Newton

THURSDAY, August 25

Andover

Quincy

Salem

Woburn

Worcester