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Baker’s MBTA fare amendment raises equity, predictability issues

Baker’s MBTA fare amendment raises equity, predictability issues

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STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker wants to give the MBTA a freer hand in raising fares, sending back to the Legislature a budgetary provision that would have imposed stricter limits on raising rider revenue. The budget provision is intended to limit fare hikes, allowing the T to increase the cost of any single fare or pass by up to 7 percent once every two years.

STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker wants to give the MBTA a freer hand in raising fares, sending back to the Legislature a budgetary provision that would have imposed stricter limits on raising rider revenue. The budget provision is intended to limit fare hikes, allowing the T to increase the cost of any single fare or pass by up to 7 percent once every two years.…