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Shortly following the attacks in London, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney met with state transportation officials, ordering the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to increase security system-wide, marking the first such security upgrade in the state since last summer’s Democratic National Convention...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: London Hit by Apparent Terrorist Attack | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

Later in the day, the Department of Homeland Security raised the threat level for the nation’s transit systems to code orange, which is the second highest level of alert. Although officials had received no specific threats against U.S. cities, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that he remained “concerned about the possibility of a copycat attack...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: London Hit by Apparent Terrorist Attack | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...would probably just [have walked], but it was really cold that night,” wrote Francis, who was able to wait at the usual #39 bus stop on Centre Street for one of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s (MBTA) “Night Owl” buses. Since 2001, the fleet of buses has ferried late-night travelers—every weekend on the half hour until 2:30 a.m.—along routes approximating the four subway lines, as well as on seven popular daytime bus routes...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Night Owl Bus Gives Its Final Hoot | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

...March the MBTA, citing a budget shortfall, pulled funding from several of its services—among them the $1 million-a-year service. That means that mass transit in Boston, even on the weekends, is once again shuttered by 1 a.m.—an hour before many bars close, amd at a time earlier than any other major U.S. transit agency...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Night Owl Bus Gives Its Final Hoot | 7/8/2005 | See Source »

Charlie was unlucky enough to venture on the T during the 1940s, the dark days of exit fares. By collecting ten cents as travelers entered the trains and five cents as they departed, the Massachusetts Transit Authority (MTA) could raise funds without changing its fare-collection equipment...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tickets Reference Beantown Legend | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

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