The Commonwealth saddled the MBTA with its transit debt at the onset of the MBTA's current incarnation. It's a poster child for dishonest representation of publ

The Commonwealth saddled the MBTA with its transit debt at the onset of the MBTA's current incarnation. It's a poster child for dishonest representation of public expenses. Hiding mass amounts of state debt in the MBTA (along with effectively losing every negotiation with its union and failing to timely increase fares to market value as compared to other major US cities) has sandbagged public transportation in Massachusetts.