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

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.
An MBTA bus plies the Dudley Square run. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.)
An MBTA bus plies the Dudley Square run. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.)
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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 with similarly large urban systems, the T's bus-repair costs are the highest per vehicle hour in the country, and behind only New York City as measured by vehicle miles.

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