Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-104

GOV 104

Optimizing MBTA Fares

Messrs. Hedlund, Ross, Knapik and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in Section XX, by inserting, at the end thereof, the following new Section:-

SECTION 1: Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the MBTA Board of Directors shall furnish a study which includes a cost-benefit analysis of differentiated fare pricing, which includes but is not limited to differentiated fares for peak and off-peak travel as well as for distance travelled, for any and all MBTA service lines. This study must also assess the feasibility of implementing such a price scheme . This study shall be furnished to the clerks of the House and Senate, as well as with the joint committee on transportation no later than March 1, 2013.