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...Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) had a repair area--a place to store and repair buses, trains and streetcars--where the Kennedy School of Government currently sits...
Because both the MBTA repair station and the corporate printing company of University Press were operational around the clock, the Square was home to several cafeterias--Hayes Bickford's and Waldorf's--which were open 24 hours...
This dig is the latest in a long series of excavations in and around the Yard. New MBTA tunnels in 1979 led to excavations on the gate side of Wadsworth, according to Gerry, who is also the senior tutor in Quincy House...
Supporters of the bill see the fare hike as an important component of rescuing the MBTA's finances. This reasoning depends on a dangerous assumption, that bus and subway riders should be responsible for financing the public transportation system themselves. Practically speaking, this is impossible: fares make up about 20 percent of the MBTA's budget, and for the system to be self-sustaining, rates would have to rise far more than 15 cents...
...everyone who benefits from it, and not just those who ride. The extra 15 cents would not hurt, but the precedent that the system should pay for itself would. Other parts of the bill, including a provision that would more fairly charge the towns that benefit from the MBTA for service, should be adopted. The fare hike, though, should not. The legislature must make it clear that the burden of supporting public transportation does not fall on the backs of riders...