BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) - At a public MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board meeting, the MBTA said it its fare revenues likely wouldn't reach pre-pandemic levels until at least 2026.
MBTA General Manager Steven Poftak says the agency will need to rely on federal stimulus funding and a tight-fisted spending policy to keep afloat. He says the agency won't be relying on state aid.
Some lawmakers have questioned whether the MBTA needs fares at all - saying some or all of the service should be free - but Poftak pushed back on that notion today, calling fare revenue "an integral part" of the agency's finances.
"It's not something the MBTA could do without," he said.
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