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...second time in two years that Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials tried to shore up a week budget by increasing the cost of transit service. But ridership has been dropping off, and officials are now considering calling back the price-hikes...
...MBTA spokesman William Coughlin said yesterday that the Board of Directors will probably submit a request for additional local funding today, adding that fare cuts, as well as increased rush-hour service, could be implemented as soon as possible if the supplementary budget gains approval...
Subways have always been noisy and dirty, but by last week even the rats had had enough. Area residents have repeatedly complained that rats and mice fleeing the MBTA construction project have invaded their homes and businesses. On Wednesday, the Cambridge City Council got into the act, demanding that the MBTA immediately provide free extermination services for about 100 Porter Square families. As old sailors used to say, rats would always leave a doomed ship just before it foundered...
Many challenge King's assertion that state and local governments are now taking a smaller bite out of personal income. They note that several public service fees have increased concurrently with property tax reductions. Auto registration, drivers' license and car inspection fees have all doubled, while MBTA fares have tripled...
...issue of corruption. Dukakis strategists say they intend to contrast their candidate's image of impeccable honesty with what they call King's tainted reputation. The challenger makes no bones about raising the name of Barry Locke, a former high-level King adviser and director of the MBTA, who was convicted this month on bribery charges. Dukakis also points to the Ward Commission report, which unearthed significant corruption in state government, and which the King Administration has ignored in the year since it was released...