Boston Transit Agency Hires 300 New Workers Cuts Services

The Boston Herald reports:

While MBTA riders face packed subway cars and potential fare hikes, officials quietly cut scheduled subway and bus services even as they pumped up their payroll with more than 300 positions, according to MBTA documents obtained by the Herald.

As public transportation reached record ridership with an average of 1.3 million riders a day, the number of scheduled weekday trips on the Forest Hills bus line - the agency’s second most popular bus route - has dropped 16 percent since 2005.