Editorial: Stake MBTA’s fare-free bus bid with surtax cash

Editorial: Stake MBTA’s fare-free bus bid with surtax cash

Like a high-stakes poker player, the MBTA wants to go all in. But only if it has the chips to make this calculated gamble work. If the MBTA wants to increase the number of fare-free bus routes, the best approach would be to eliminate rider costs across the entire network rather than in a handful of locations, T staff concluded. Top MBTA officials wrote in a report to state lawmakers that short-term, route-specific pilot programs running certain …