Word: mta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...which to construct high buildings. While stony Manhatten Island packs over 85,000 people to the square mile with more being squeezed in every day, Boston manages only 18,000 and the figure is not going up. Inexpensive operation of a transit system in decentralized Boston is impossible. MTA authorities chose the fairest way out of their deficit problem when they hiked the fare from ten to fifteen cents...
...extra income derived from this latest fare rise is apparently directed toward eliminating the dangers of mechanization in the subterranean pleasure dome of the MTA. Five hundred men have been hired to replace turnstiles and other obsolete equipment. They will assume the task of collect-in the extra luchre with a unique man-to-man defense against the average straphanger...
...fare system a man who commutes to work in Boston five days a week must spend a minimum of $1.50 or 5 percent of a $30 salary. For those of us who do not earn a living wage, the burden is much greater. Yet to collect this increase, the MTA must incur a tremendous extra expense. The salaries of 500 new men $30 a week means that the MTA cannot earn a profit on its fare rise until 306,000 victims pass through its hands each week. In addition, new equipment must be bought eventually...
...have always felt that the operation of a transit system is a legitimate function of municipal government. Therefore, it is a poor idea to overload the MTA riders with what seems to us to be outrageously high fares in terms of the services offered. We think that the mere existence of the MTA greatly enhances the value of the real estate in the Boston area. It is more fitting that the burden of metropolitan transit deficits should fall on the landowners of the individual municipalities which encompass the system. They are the most able to pay, and also gain considerably...