“…’No mode of transportation is 100 percent paid for by the user. Every trip is subsidized to a certain extent, even folks who drive their cars,’ said Brian Kane, executive director of the MBTA Advisory Board, the agency’s public oversight body. ‘What this lack of fare revenue means is that more of each person’s trip on the T has to be subsidized by the Commonwealth or by cities and towns, rather than paid for by the fares’…”
By Jaime Moore-Carrillo | 10/20/2025