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...past three years, the Pit has been the site of nine aggravated assaults, three simple assaults, two street robberies, ten drug arrests, one disorderly conduct arrest, one drinking in public arrest, three pickpocketings and one weapons violation arrest--and that does not count crimes reported to HUPD or the MBTA Police...
...Graduate Student Council administers a discount MBTA fare program for these far-flung commuters, and this year, the number of enrollees had doubled as more and more graduate students must commute from their distant homes...
...middle of the day only a few businesspeople, construction workers and local shopkeepers sit on the brick benches surrounding the Harvard Square MBTA Station. But around 3 or 4 p.m. the kids start to congregate, talking, greeting one another with hugs or just sitting and watching the passers-by. Most of them are local kids who come here after school, but about 20 of the 100 or so regulars are homeless, often migrants drawn to Harvard Square from around the country, but almost indiscernable from their high school friends. With their mohawks, piercings, brightly colored hair, leather and studs...
Today, the MTA's successor, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), raises subway fares from 85 cents to one dollar. Even at a dollar the fare will remain one of the lowest in the nation, and the T's announcement of its first fare hike in almost a decade met only half-hearted protest from environmental and transportation advocacy groups...
...fare hike, which also affects bus, commuter rail and ferry passengers, will mean an extra $46 million in operating revenue annually, according to MBTA estimates. The Authority says the money will be spent on natural gas-powered buses, new bus routes and various other T projects...