Reply(1) Adjustments to bus service take effect March 14. (Jenna Fisher/Patch) ARLINGTON, MA — The MBTA has refined the service adjustments as part of its Forging Ahead initiative, announcing that changes to bus service will go into effect March 14. Fares are not proposed to increase at this time. The following bus service changes were approved by the MBTA's Fiscal Management and Control Board (FMCB) in December: Suspension of service on Route 79 (Arlington Heights to Alewife Station) Consolidation of Routes 78 & 84 (Arlmont Village to Harvard Station and Arlmont Village to Alewife Station) Consolidation of Routes 62 & 76 (Bedford VA Hospital to Alewife Station and Hanscom Air Force Base to Alewife Station)