T buses cost twice as much to maintain as Chicago’s, data show

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's bus maintenance costs run about twice as high as the Chicago Transit Authority and the T's per-vehicle-hour maintenance spending is almost twice as high as the average for the state's regional transit authorities, according to data presented Monday. The T spends almost $41 per vehicle hour on bus maintenance compared with about $20 in Chicago and $24 on average at the state's regional transit authorities, according to T data. Compared wi

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's bus maintenance costs run about twice as high as the Chicago Transit Authority and the T's per-vehicle-hour maintenance spending is almost twice as high as the average for the state's regional transit authorities, according to data presented Monday. The T spends almost $41 per vehicle hour on bus maintenance compared with about $20 in Chicago and $24 on average at the state's regional transit authorities, according to T data. Compared wi…