The controversial transit service cuts that will take effect next week will eliminate about 14 percent of the MBTA’s service in order to trim just one percent from the T’s $2.3 billion annual operating budget, according to MBTA officials.
On March 14, the T will reduce the number of daily train trips on the Red, Orange, and Green lines by up to 20 percent, and run 5 percent fewer trains on the Blue Line (where ridership has been higher during the pandemic).
On the bus system, riders of 22 bus routes will face longer waits between bus trips, and nine bus routes – including the 55 in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, the 212 in Quincy, and the 79 through Arlington, will no longer run at all.