[Street] MBTA fare and Service Changes
Linda Jenkins
lindajenkins177 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 10 18:18:38 EST 2012
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,
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> Wanted to send this along so we have a better understanding of what the MBTA itself will be doing in the coming weeks.
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> 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.
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> Best,
> --
> Daniel.
> Occupy Boston Outreach Committee
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> ----- 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>
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> 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%
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> 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
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> Public Meetings in Greater Boston:
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> February 7, Tuesday Lynn 6:00-8:00 PM City Council Chambers 3 City Hall Square
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> 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
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> 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
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> March 1, Thursday Waltham 6:00-8:00 PM Government Center Auditorium
> 119 School Street
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> ----- End forwarded message -----
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