Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court Saturday negated a lower court's ruling that King's takeover of the Massachusetts Bay Transity Authority (MBTA) was illegal, and thus averted the latest shutdown threat. The ruling would have gone into effect yesterday...
...court rules King cannot spend the $41 million needed to keep the bankrupt system running for the rest of the year, the area's 250,000 MBTA riders may find service halted immediately. "I would think that (a shutdown) would have to happen," King told a press conference Saturday...
King's legislative proposal for reorganization of the debt-plagued MBTA was soundly defeated last week, but King has not yet filed amended legislation. He allowed the legislature to adjourn Thursday without taking action to resolve the crisis...
...MBTA worker at the Harvard station estimated that almost double the usual Saturday crowd of 10,000 will pass through the turnstiles today...
...crisis came about after the advisory board, representing the 79 cities and towns in the MBTA service area, refused to in the MBTA service area, refused to approve a $41 million supplemental budget which would enable the system to continue operating...