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[–] gornar 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

“The MBTA's fraud detection team has increased monitoring to account for this vulnerability [and] does not anticipate any significant financial impact to the MBTA."

Oh well thank goodness the business isn't hurt!

[–] HeyJoe 8 points 1 year ago

It's a public company and mostly operated by the local government. It runs a huge deficit on its own without the help of federal aid and state help. The less funds it brings in just means more that will be requested from tax payers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Won't somebody think of the shareholders??!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The MBTA is a public agency that is funded by both fares and tax dollars. So you shouldn't be worried about the business, but the citizens of Boston.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Roads aren't funded by fares, why should public transit?