A longtime MBTA rider from Somerville stood to register an objection during a community meeting in Boston last month on the transit agency’s proposed fare increases and service cuts.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Starts & Stops
How T entered a tunnel of debt
Meet the writer
A longtime MBTA rider from Somerville stood to register an objection during a community meeting in Boston last month on the transit agency’s proposed fare increases and service cuts.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
In this week’s Starts and Stops, a primer on how the MBTA came to be so indebted that it has proposed steep fare increases and dramatic service cuts merely to survive next year’s looming deficit, with more problems looming on the horizon. Plus, the MBTA - however lean on funds - achieves some recognition for leading the way on mobile and web applications for riders, while a new app touts its arrival.
For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign up or log in below
To continue, please sign up or log in to BostonGlobe.com
Access the full articles and quality reporting of The Boston Globe at BostonGlobe.com
Sign up
Unlimited Access to BostonGlobe.com for 4 weeks for only 99¢.
Are you a Boston Globe home delivery subscriber?
Get FREE access as part of your print subscription.
BostonGlobe.com subscriber
Click to continue reading this article or to log in to BostonGlobe.com.
