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...said that the MBTA??which services 1.1 million riders each day, according to its website—has been conducting anti-terror training since...
...financially. With a projected $70 million deficit (or 27 percent of its annual operating budget) for the coming fiscal year, the largest debt service of any transit agency in the nation, stagnating tax revenue, and a legal obligation to be financially self sufficient, security is just one of the MBTA??s many worries. And the least the state government can do is to make sure that the MBTA continues to have the resources necessary so that it can continue to safely serve the regions riders and communities. Maybe the Red Line won’t ever...
...Healy reported at last night’s council meeting that he would have to look further into the feasibility of a deal before making any recommendations, especially since the MBTA intends to retain “right of way” rights to the property. Councillors questioned the MBTA??s competence in managing the site and its concern for the public good. They called for city involvement in determining the future of the property. Councillor E. Denise Simmons said she wants the city to participate in talks regarding the sale of the property even if it cannot...
MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo defended the increases as necessary, noting that the MBTA??s fares are among the lowest in the country...
...increased revenue from the fare hike will be used to “keep the transit system running at optimum levels and pay the interest on the MBTA??s enormous, multi-billion dollar debt,” Pesaturo wrote...