Word: mbta
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Four panelists concerned with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) discussed methods of dealing with the MBTA's rising operating costs and increasing deficit last night at the Kennedy School of Government Forum...
James Smith, chairman of the MBTA Advisory Board, said problems this year withvbudget management have shown that MBTA chairman Robert L. Foster is "over his head...
Nancy Shapiro, director of public affairs and information for the MBTA, cited improvement in the system over the past three months, in spite of understaffing and a freeze on hiring because of budget constraints...
...think the MBTA was going to do anything until the heat started coming," he said. "I think they were going to chalk that (repairs and extra maintenance) up to just another loss...
Quinn added that protests in Cambridge over excessive spending for Red Line construction encouraged other communities to speak about costs. He said the advisory board may eventually set monthly or quarterly budgets so the MBTA improves its accountability to the public...