[Street] MBTA fare and Service Changes

Eli Cohen elcoh002 at mail.goucher.edu
Tue Jan 10 20:52:02 EST 2012


The info Daniel shared came from the MBTA's informational packet, which can
be found here:

http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/?id=23567

It includes the history, their reasoning for the cuts/fare hikes, the
details of the two proposals, and the list of community meeting
dates/locations. Worth thumbing through, and basically lays out the
information in as succinct a way as you can, with that many numbers to deal
with. I may not like what the MBTA is doing, but props to whoever they
hired to do brochure layout :-)

For those of you not interested in the details, the big picture is this:
"proposal 1" has more fare increases and less service cuts, "proposal 2"
has more service cuts and less fare increases. They're giving us the
illusion of choice by letting the public choose which terrible option is
less terrible, but from what I heard at tonight's meeting in Somerville,
our message is "none of the above." More detailed report-back on that later.

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Linda Jenkins <lindajenkins177 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Very helpful-and not a little frightening, actually.
> Linda
>
> Sent on the fly.
>
> On Jan 10, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Daniel Mc <danielm at occupyboston.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Wanted to send this along so we have a better understanding of what the
> MBTA itself will be doing in the coming weeks.
> >
> > It would be great to have a presence at the public hearings that they
> hold and also to better educate ourselves on exactly what is being done.
> Some info below.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > --
> > Daniel.
> > Occupy Boston Outreach Committee
> > **Use this email for all things occupy**
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from maochoa99 at yahoo.com -----
> >    Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:08:48 -0800 (PST)
> >    From: Michael Ochoa <maochoa99 at yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: Michael Ochoa <maochoa99 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: MBTA fare and Service Changes
> >      To: "danielm at occupyboston.org" <danielm at occupyboston.org>
> >
> > The T will conduct over 20 public hearings on fare hike proposals.
> >
> > Proposed fares based on type of pass (Type;proposed;current;%change)
> >  Local Bus $55.00 $40.00 37.5%
> > LinkPass $80.00 $59.00 35.6%
> > Senior/TAP LinkPass $40.00 $20.00 100.0%
> > Student LinkPass $40.00 $20.00 100.0%
> > 1-Day LinkPass $12.00 $9.00 33.3%
> > 7-Day LinkPass $20.00 $15.00 33.3%
> > Inner Express $127.00 $89.00 42.7%
> >
> >
> > Proposal 2:Local Bus $2.00 $1.50 33.3%
> > Rapid Transit $3.00 $2.00 50.0%
> > Inner Express Bus $4.50 $3.50 28.6%
> > Outer Express Bus N/A $5.00 N/A
> >
> > Public Meetings in Greater Boston:
> >
> > January 17, Tuesday Newton 5:30-7:30 PM     Newton City Hall 1000
> Commonwealth Avenue
> > January 18, Wednesday Chelsea 6:00-8:00 PM Public Library, Auditorium
> 569 Broadway
> > January 19, Thursday Boston (Roxbury) 6:00-8:00 PM Roxbury Community
> College Auditorium
> > 1234 Columbus Avenue
> >
> > January 23, Monday Boston 1:00-3:00 PM
> > 4:30-6:30 PM Transportation Building, Floor 2 Conference Rooms 2, 3 10
> Park Plaza
> >
> > January 31, Tuesday Boston (Mattapan)  6:00-8:00 PM  Mildred Avenue
> Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue
> >
> > February 1, Wednesday Jamaica Plain 6:00-8:00 PM   Hennigan Community
> Center, Cafeteria
> > 200 Heath Street
> > February 2, Thursday Boston (Dorchester) 1:00-3:00 PM and
> > 6:00-8:00 PM  Dorchester House Multi-Service Center 1353 Dorchester
> Avenue
> >
> > February 7, Tuesday Lynn 6:00-8:00 PM   City Council Chambers 3 City
> Hall Square
> >
> > February 8, Wednesday Boston (West End) 4:30-6:30 PM Shriners Hospital
> Auditorium 51 Blossom Street
> > February 13, Monday Boston (South Station area) 6:00-8:00 PM  Boston
> Public Library Boston Room
> > 700 Boylston Street
> >
> > February 15, Wednesday Quincy 6:00-8:00 PM Thomas Crane Public Library
> 40 Washington Street
> > February 16, Thursday  Malden  6:00-8:00 PM City Council Chambers 200
> Pleasant Street
> > February 28, Tuesday Somerville  6:00-8:00 PM High School Auditorium 81
> Highland Avenue
> > February 29, Wednesday  Cambridge  6:00-8:00 PM  Citywide Senior Center
> > 806 Massachusetts Avenue
> >
> > March 1, Thursday   Waltham  6:00-8:00 PM  Government Center Auditorium
> > 119 School Street
> >
> > Causes according to MBTA:The Authority’s operating costs for energy,
> fuel, and health care have continued to rise, and costs for THE RIDE
> service have
> > grown by nearly 400% over the last decade. While THE RIDE’s operating
> costs have increased over the past 10 years, the
> > primary cost increase has been due to exponential growth in ridership on
> that service.
> >
> > 2. The T is financially burdened with principal and interest payments on
> $5.2 billion in debt that consume nearly 30% of its annual
> > operating budget.
> >
> > 3. Since 2000, the T’s primary source of funding (a 20% share of
> statewide sales tax receipts) has not produced the steadily
> > increasing revenue stream originally projected.
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
> >
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