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Incidence of homicide, larceny and aggravated assault on Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority property dropped 21 percent in 2009, the MBTA Transit Police reported in a press release last week. This represents the MBTA??s lowest level of serious crime since...
...organization to put aside certain safety projects to pay for other expenses. According to the report, the problem began in 2000, when the state decided to make the MBTA “financially self-sufficient” by providing it with a fixed annual subsidy instead of paying the MBTA??s expenses at the end of the fiscal year, as had been done in the past...
...understandable that in these tough economic times money has to come from somewhere, but alternative sources do exist. A legislative proposal that is still pending approval by the Massachusetts State Legislature calls for increasing the tax on gasoline sold in the state, a measure that could eliminate the MBTA??s budget deficit. Beyond solving the fiscal problems of the commonwealth, the proposed gas tax also promises to keep more cars off the road...
Lisa M. O’Loughlin, who was entering the Harvard Square station yesterday, said that the repeated rise in ride fares has made her question the MBTA??s management of its budget...
...MBTA??s primary source of revenue comes from the state sales tax, which has generated far less this year than predicted...