Top Transportation Official Favors Fare Hike Over Service Cuts
State Secretary of Transportation Richard A. Davey has spoken out about potentially crippling MBTA service cuts.
It looks as though Reading commuters who rely on the MBTA to get to work each day should brace for steep fare hikes, but the extensive cuts in T service proposed by the authority now seem less likely, as the deadline to erase a projected budget deficit draws near. Having faced hordes of furious customers in a series of public hearings throughout the region, Secretary of Transportation Richard A. Davey told the Boston Globe in an interview that his agency is desperately seeking revenue from other sources to avoid the drastic cuts that have sparked so much outrage from T riders in recent weeks. “From many customers that I’ve heard from, they would rather pay a little more than see service cut,’’ Davey said to the Globe. During the hearings, …
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