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...MBTA fare hikes must be approved by the MBTA Advisory Board...
Paul DiNatale, an MBTA spokesman, said yesterday the cut-backs on buses and commuter rails throughout the MBTA will affect approximately 2000 riders. But he would not speculate how many riders the Cambridge cutbacks would affect. He based his estimate on ridership surveys the MBTA takes several times a year...
...financial decision. It's no secret that we're operating under Proposition 2 1/2 and a 4-per-cent capped budget," DiNatale said. Gov. Edward J. King signed legislation Sunday limiting the MBTA's yearly budget growth to 4 per cent as part of the state program to bail out the debt-ridden system...
Although federal law usually requires mass transit authorities to announce service cutbacks at least 30 days in advance, the cutbacks took effect immediately because the MBTA qualified under "emergency circumstances" provision of the law, DiNatale said...
...added that the MBTA did not consider economic factors alone in deciding which bus runs to terminate, saying that alternate forms of public transportation, such as commuter rails, often exist for some of the runs...