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Search results for "Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority" ...
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The Buses Don't Stop Here Anymore
The American Prospect looks at the deteriorating quality of mass transit in America. The reporter points to statistics that show that fewer and fewer people use public transportation. "The falloff in bus ridership, which is much steeper than that in train ridership, is directly linked to declines in bus service," the Prospect reports. The story examines how some cities have revived and expanded their transit systems and ridership despite suburban sprawl. Others have cut off transit service on all but the most cost-effective routes, thus reducing the value of the transit system.
Tags: suburbs; Chicago Transit Authority; Regional Transit Administration; urban development; commuter rail model; Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority; Boston; Seattle; Toronto; subway; trains; buses; railroads
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Burning Question
"The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Fund, a pension fund for the state's public transit workers, loaned $7 million to a convicted racketeer who in turn, provided apparent kickbacks to the executive director and chairman of the pension fund."
Tags: crime; pension funds; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Fund; racketeering; FBI; MA attorney general; building permits; zoning permits
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The MBTA: What's gone wrong?
Boston Globe examines the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority--from bus service to employee hiring and pensions--and finds that an alliance between unions and politicians is responsible for making it the most expensive, least productive major transit system in the country.
Tags: Minority Crime Police