<< December 17, 2006 >>
a case for justice

the other day joe and i were talking about the good old days, when the T cost a mere 85 cents. he then claimed it was even less than that when we first moved, to which i disagreed. after some investagative googling tonight, i present my case. a case for justice. i call to the stands the mit tech:

In September 2000, the MBTA raised T fares by 25 percent. The rate hike was the first since 1991.

-- the tech

this establishes that there was in fact a rate increase in 2000, which wasn't really disputed. however, there was only one, and it was late in the year, and not, as i believe joe mentioned, february or march. by september, we were all using monthly passes provided by work.

...MBTA fare increases in 2000, which raised bus fares from $0.60 to $0.75 and subway fares from $0.85 to $1.00...

-- the tech, again

this is really the nutmeat of my argument. along with the previous quote, it implies that T fare was 85 cents when we first moved to boston in january 2000.

in the interest of full disclosure, joe was spot on about phil kessel.