Huh?
I'll give the Globe credit for trying to get to the bottom line of the MBTA's financial structure. But to paraphrase the online headline: "Great complexity of the MBTA adds to its confusion."
By offering the contradictory markers -- low cost per passenger trip but high cost per vehicle mile -- I'm left just as befuddled as the poor tourist trying to get from Charles to Bowdoin.
A very nice effort in terms of multimedia reporting -- using boston.com effectively for a rare change. But in the end, I know just as little about the T's financials as I did before I started reading.
By offering the contradictory markers -- low cost per passenger trip but high cost per vehicle mile -- I'm left just as befuddled as the poor tourist trying to get from Charles to Bowdoin.
A very nice effort in terms of multimedia reporting -- using boston.com effectively for a rare change. But in the end, I know just as little about the T's financials as I did before I started reading.
Labels: Boston Globe, MBTA
posted by Outraged Liberal | 8:53 AM
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Right. Compare that to the "original" Globe Spotlight report on the MBTA in 1979 by Buzelius, Hawes, Kurkjian, Porterfield, and Venocchi. That team used clear performance metrics to demonstrate that the T was a disaster, and it resulted in political action that improved things.
That series yielded a Pulitzer prize, too, by giving data to support the conclusion: "A principal reason for weak management is an alliance of unions and the State House."
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