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Perini Corp. contractors for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Red Line extension moved the building to ease pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks and along Mass Ave, Paul F. Wheeler, a project engineer for the company, said yesterday...
...season means one less hassle for some freshmen living in Wigglesworth. Long before the MBTA starts its morning song outside the window, the Harvard ski teams tromp up from the building's basement with their equipment. They leave in the dark, drive across East Somerville to 1-93, and head north in search of snow...
...valid point-they do not have enough money to run the system. New funds must be found, and not from the current source, the overburdened local property tax. Instead, the money should come from a payroll tax on employers and merchants, the people who benefit the most from the MBTA and pay the least for its maintenance. The T is not a luxury on Sunday or any other day, its service must be maintained and expanded...
...superior court judge has questioned the constitutionality of the proposition, and a boatload of other legal wrangles are looming. The first test began the very day that 2½ became law. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), which serves 300,000 Boston-area commuters, was broke and needed $41 million to remain in operation. After a 26-hour shutdown, the state legislature voted to provide emergency funding and finance $23.5 million of it, with $10 million to come from MBTA revenues and $7.5 million to be paid by the 79 cities and towns served by the transit system. But Proposition...
...only fair that the governor has more direct input," Cole said yesterday, adding that the state pays for more than half of the MBTA's operating costs