The price of commuting is going up.

The imbeciles running the MBTA have announced they intend to raise fares again in the near future, even though they just raised them last january. Not only that but they want to discontinue all suburban bus lines and all late night bus routes. Even the city council is up in arms over this. They claim that raising the fares is the only way to maintain core train services and that they need to cut back or eliminate all other forms or transportation because they are simply operating at a loss.

I really hope this forces someone’s hand and privatizes the T. I think it might be the only way to save itself from its poor management and ineffective effort and maintaining an even level of service, even on the core services. In other words, the MBTA is a mess and someone needs to fix it ASAP.