Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Several residents applauded the proposedprogram because it would bring the MBTA's hours inline with the closings of area bars, restaurants,and clubs...
Havern added that the MBTA's current hours are not well adapted to the needs of young people in the Boston area...
...move will increase the MBTA's fiscallosses. Normally, the MBTA takes a $1.10 loss onevery bus trip. During the new late-night hours, asmaller number of passengers is expected to makethe per-passenger loss four times that...
...addition, the new program would also affectthe MBTA's ability to perform "criticalmaintenance" on the nation's oldest transitsystem, begun in 1897. Mulhern said that New Yorkand Chicago's public transportation systems offerlimited late-night service, but only on paralleltracks where they can run trains and performmaintenance at the same time...
Other changes in the MBTA may be brewing. Abill aiming to raise the fare for T trains to $1has passed the House and is now being consideredby the Senate