MBTA Wants to Raise Fares; Riders Scream Un"fare"!

The MBTA has a good track record of providing reliable and safe service, so it definitely deserves a raise. Right? Okay, maybe the opposite of that: it needs to raise fares in order to provide the safe and reliable service it should have been giving us all along. The proposed fare raises include $47 (from $40) for a monthly bus pass, and $69 (from $59) for a monthly LinkPass. That's a 17% fare hike for the LinkPass, which we expect to be accompanied by 17% better service, including being able to get a seat at least once a week and not having five goddamn D trains pass us by before a C comes along. This is just what commuters need! Continuing its tradition of reliable service, the MBTA news site has no mention of these fare increases. Perfect. Just perfect.