PEABODY — Feeling snubbed and angered by the Massachusetts Port Authority's decision to kill the express bus service between the North Shore and Logan Airport, Senate Majority Leader Fred Berry is fighting back the only way he knows how — with his pen.

Joined by area legislators, Berry filed a bill on Monday to create a special commission to review Massport's decision to terminate the express bus from Peabody by the end of April. That bill also would block the independent agency from selling the Route 1 land it uses for its North Shore terminal.

Berry said he plans to file a second bill this week to put a North Shore representative on Massport's board.

"There is more to this than ridership, and I think Massport is really quite arrogant in their answers to the media about this whole thing," Berry said. "I think they're totally dismissing the North Shore. ... This is taxation without representation."

Massport announced plans last month to end the Logan Express bus from Peabody because it has few riders and is losing money. The service has lost $5 million since beginning in 2001, Massport said. In 2005, a total of 87,600 commuters took the bus from Peabody to the airport, compared to nearly 500,000 from Braintree and about 275,000 from Woburn.

"We did all we could to make the Logan Express succeed," Massport spokesman Richard Walsh said yesterday. "The demand did not meet the supply."

Asked to comment on Berry's bills, Walsh said: "We will wait 'til the legislation runs its course."

Berry and his colleagues are upset because Massport didn't give them advance warning and, they say, has refused to meet. The legislators want the agency to consider options like smaller vehicles, fewer runs, a better location and more advertising.

"I'm not convinced Massport gave this a good shot, a fair shot to succeed," Berry said. "... They think the issue is dead ... I've been in the Legislature long enough to know I have some leverage. I represent 160,000 people ... and I have the right to be consulted and talked to and, frankly, the way I know how to do it is to file legislation and make them come to the table."

Walsh, the Massport spokesman, said yesterday that the agency will meet with Berry and the rest of the North Shore delegation.

Both Berry and state Rep. Joyce Spiliotis, D-Peabody, say they have heard from many constituents who are upset. The legislators also aren't buying Massport's contention that those constituents can use overlapping service in Woburn.

"Imagine what it would cost for one of my seniors to take a cab to Woburn," Spiliotis said. "Sometimes (the traffic is so bad) you can't even get to Woburn in the morning."

Berry argues that thousands of North Shore commuters pay the $3 toll on the Tobin Bridge, which is operated by Massport, and get little in return. "The bridge is a cash cow for Massport," he said.

The Peabody senator said killing the service contradicts Gov. Mitt Romney's "smart growth" goals of reducing traffic congestion and pollution. And though Massport is an independent agency, the majority leader says it was created by the Legislature and should answer to the people.

"They're a public entity, and they forget it sometimes," he said.

The special commission would review Massport's decision, consider alternatives and file a report by July 31. Rep. Ted Speliotis, D-Danvers, co-sponsored the bill with Berry and Spiliotis.

In the next few days, Berry said he will ask all North Shore legislators to co-sponsor a bill directing the governor to name two new members to Massport's seven-member board, including one from the North Shore. The current board has no seats reserved for a particular city or district.