MA: MBTA Balanced its Operating Budget for the First Time in 10 Years

Aug. 14, 2018
The MBTA has balanced its operating budget for the first time in 10 years, agency officials say.

The MBTA has balanced its operating budget for the first time in 10 years, agency officials say.

MBTA officials say getting rid of it will help them with their trust deficit with riders frustrated as they face the varying levels of service they encounter throughout the system.

The fiscal year that ended in June was projected to carry a $30 million deficit within the MBTA's $2 billion operating budget. But with the books closed on fiscal year 2018, officials with the public transit agency say that deficit is gone, through cost controls and revenue growth.

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