The MBTA already offers half-price fares to students, low-income young adults and seniors. But there are tens of thousands of low-income riders ages 26 to 64 who don’t get a discount. That could soon change, as T staff work on the details of a low-income fare program that could roll out as soon as 2024.
The MBTA estimates that it will cost a whopping $24.5 billion to bring its dilapidated system into a “state of good repair,” a price tag that has spiked by $14.5 billion since the agency’s last capital needs analysis was conducted in 2019.
Miles of tracks that are too narrow across the Green Line Extension could be fixed by mid-November following up to two weeks of evening closures,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/glx-track-fix-may-require-two-weeks-of-overnight-repairs-mbta-general-manager-says/">Read More</a>