Low-Income Fare by the Numbers
A low-income fare at the MBTA would bolster struggling Massachusetts families with $500 annual savings per rider.
Every week, people in Massachusetts take more than 3.5 million trips on the MBTA to get to work, get their children to school or daycare, run errands, access healthcare, and more. Yet for many riders, getting on board is simply not affordable. High transit fares limit mobility and constrain family budgets, worsening the impacts of poverty and inflation. A low-income fare program would increase our regional prosperity by returning an average of $500 a year per rider to thousands of families who are struggling to get by, from Plymouth to Boston to Lowell.
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A low-income fare at the MBTA would bolster struggling Massachusetts families with $500 annual savings per rider.
Every week, people in Massachusetts take more than 3.5 million trips on the MBTA to get to work, get their children to school or daycare, run errands, access healthcare, and more. Yet for many riders, getting on board is simply not affordable. High transit fares limit mobility and constrain family budgets, worsening the impacts of poverty and inflation. A low-income fare program would increase our regional prosperity by returning an average of $500 a year per rider to thousands of families who are struggling to get by, from Plymouth to Boston to Lowell.
