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What a great idea: Raise fares and reduce service
By adamg on Tue, 05/16/2006 - 9:53am
When the MBTA announced its proposed fare structure for next year, it went to great lengths to say increases were needed just to keep service levels the same. Mass. Marrier went to one of the T fare-increase hearings yesterday. And what he heard was:
... T Deputy General Manager Dennis DiZoglio predicts a 6% drop in riders if the fare goes up. He also is looking at reducing bus and subway frequency to cut costs. ...
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File under Disgusting, That's Just.
Excellent. Raise rates, cut service. That's the MBTA I know and love.
They're already cutting back on the Red Line -- I haven't seen a six-car train run after 7:00 pm for a while now, and that's even on weeknights. I'm sure if we all knew how much the T was saving on cutting one door operator's shift, we'd all be much much much happier about having to cram into an already-crowded train at Downtown Crossing or Park Street.