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Green Line extension cost cut to $2.3 billion in latest estimate

BOSTON – State officials shaved about $622 million from the cost of the Green Line Extension project, putting the new price tag at about $2.3 billion and leaving an estimated $73 million funding gap, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told reporters ahead of a critical meeting on the project Monday afternoon.

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MBTA exploring options after canceling late-night service

BOSTON — After scrapping extended-hours service on weekends, the MBTA control board on Wednesday directed staff to seek measures for improving transit service for racial minorities and low-income riders. Those measures, posed as mitigation for the late-night service elimination after action by federal regulators, could feature greater frequency on early morning

Maryland

DC subways roll even as systemic problems persist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters in the nation's capital returned to their regular routines Thursday morning after an unprecedented daylong shutdown of the Washington subway system that revealed more than two dozen places in need of urgent repair. The Metro system reopened at 5 a.m. Thursday, and the morning

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Transpo plan devotes most capital $$$ to two areas

BOSTON — The state's transportation department would devote 80 percent of its more than $14.3 billion capital dollars to system improvement and modernization with roughly equal investments in transit and rail as would be spent on roads and bridges, under a plan presented Wednesday. "It's

Massachusetts

Green line funding option could be limited

STATE HOUSE — Struggling against a ballooned budget, backers of the Green Line Extension do not expect development dollars to contribute as much to the project as is the case around the country. State transportation officials last year identified a gap of as much as $1 billion for the trolley extension

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T reduces $242M deficit heading into fiscal 2017

The MBTA announced Monday it has reduced its projected deficit for fiscal 2017 by 45 percent, a $104 million reduction in the anticipated budget hole. The transit agency said reduced operating expenses accounts for 75 percent of the reduction while increased revenues in real estate and advertising makes up the

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MBTA fare pass increases limited to once every two years, Pollack says

While Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack sees a distinction between MBTA fares and the monthly passes purchased by regular users, she has no plans to raise pass costs more frequently than fares are allowed to increase. A 2013 state law limits fare increases on the T to no more than once

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Officials suggest major changes in store for Green Line project

BOSTON — Cost-cutting on the over-budget Green Line Extension project should be "on the side of brutal" and stakeholders "need to wrap their arms around that reality," the chairman of the MBTA's control board said Wednesday. "The cutbacks of scope really need to be