BOSTON — As the MBTA looks to cut costs and improve service, a state transportation official on Monday said the T could save as much as $47 million a year on The Ride program by raising fares, reducing service and forging partnerships with the taxi industry and companies like Uber and Lyft.
Michael Lambert, MassDOT's deputy administrator for transit, told the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board that The Ride — which provides 2.1 million trips each year for people with disabilities and cost $97 million to operate last year — must make changes or its cost will jump to $108 million in fiscal year 2017.
