MBTA.net: Massachusetts Law
Chapter 161A (General Laws Of Massachusetts)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityChapter 127 (Acts of 1999) (190k!)
An act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2000 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements. (from: Acts of 1999 - Session Laws)
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MBTA Towns and Cities - "the 14 cities and towns or of the 51 cities and towns or of the other served communities"
History (from mbta.com)
"Thus it was that on August 3, 1964 the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, having been voted into law in June of that year by the General Court (Acts of 1964, Chapter 563/M.G.L.A. Chapter 161A), became an ongoing concern charged with the implementation of a new, bold concept of mass transportation. It was to have an extraordinary impact on Boston and 77 other total cities and towns..."Next stop for the MBTA: "Forwarding funding" (8/25/98)
(from Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research at Suffolk University) "Would forward funding impose fiscal discipline on the MBTA? The answer is 'probably not.'"When Fare Isn't Fair (Summer 2000, Sierra Club)
"Although there is increased pressure for a fare increase due to the recent legislative restructuring of the MBTA, simply raising bus and subway fares in the MBTA member communities may not be the best way to either raise needed revenues nor attain ridership or economic goals. In fact, exactly the opposite may occur."