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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...
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...
...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...
...said anyone “would be hard-pressed to find a transit agency in this country” with the T’s planned mix of automatic fares, rider-friendly employees, and centralized security centers...
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...