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When the MBTA announced early this summer that, starting in 2007, subway fares will rise from $1.25 to $1.70 per ride, and bus fares will jump from $0.90 to $1.25, the organization surprised few; commentators had been anticipating just such a move from the deeply indebted MBTA for years. Likewise, it has hardly been a surprise that opposition to the fare change has sprung up across the city. Yet the virulence of this opposition is, in many ways, beyond what could have been expected. Groups and publications including The Phoenix and the T Riders’ Union have accused...
Most big cities in the world face the same kinds of problems: traffic, pollution, crime. Then there is New Delhi, which has a challenge rarely encountered elsewhere - monkeys. Hungry Rhesus macaques roam the streets and even the subway, leap through treetops outside grand government buildings and scale fences of companies and private homes in search of open windows and tempting food. Even Delhi's police headquarters has been raided by a monkey gang...
...Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) said Friday it will go ahead with the subway, bus, and commuter rail fare hikes it first proposed this spring...
...plan will also reduce the price of unlimited combination bus and subway passes from $62 a month to $59 a month and weekly passes from $18 to $15. Children under the age of 11 will also be able to ride free with an adult...
...history repeating itself? That’s the worry of sporting fans across the five boroughs. Subway Series, Bubway Series. Will the Lions, after winning their first two games for the second straight year, suffer another debilitating eight-game slide to close it out? Or can Big Man Wilson right the ship...