<< 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.

posted by jacob around December 17, 2006