May 23, 2008
By: Staff writer, Somerville Journal

BOSTON- The MBTA has a $75 million deficit in its fiscal 2009 budget, refinancing debt and is drawing down its reserve funds.

MBTA: Our schedules ‘lie’
By JOHN RUCH
Jamaica Plain Gazette: March 6, 2008

The MBTA for years has failed to run all of its scheduled bus and subway service under a money-saving policy of deliberate understaffing, General Manager Dan Grabauskas revealed last month in the Boston Herald.

Teen takes on T
By Galen Moore
BostonNow: March 7, 2008

After nine months spent studying 12 MBTA bus routes, analyst Stuart Spina has reached his conclusions: the T can do better. Spina, who presented his report yesterday, has qualifications no T official can claim: he's 17 years old, and rides the bus daily.

Young rider gives MBTA board an earful
By Noah Bierman
The Boston Globe: March 7, 2008

Rider has solutions to MBTA problems
By Christina Wallace
Boston Metro: March 7, 2008

Boston Teen Demands Better Service On MBTA Buses
TV Report
WBZ: March 6, 2008

Boston Teen Demands Better Service On MBTA Buses
BOSTON (WBZ) ― After conducting his own research, a Boston teenager presented a report to MBTA Board of Directors with demands for bus improvements.

T will dip into reserves for $20m; Rainy day fund will fall to $35m; No fare increase seen for 2009
By Noah Bierman
The Boston Globe: March 6, 2008

Frightened bus users make stand
By Maria Cramer
The Boston Globe: March 4, 2008

Getting back to the garden in song; Lyrics offer lesson in environment
By Amy Farnsworth
The Boston Globe: March 2, 2008

April 2008

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