{"id":"MET-BOS-094","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB)","authority":"G.L. c. 161A; St. 2015, c. 46 (FMCB)","instrument":"FMCB approval of Forging Ahead short-term service reductions for FY21 (commuter rail and ferry from January 2021; bus and rapid transit from March 2021)","title":"MBTA Control Board Approves Short-Term Service Changes to Match Current Low Ridership Patterns (posted December 14, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-12-14","effective":"Commuter rail and ferry schedules Jan. 23, 2021; bus and rapid transit Mar. 14, 2021","end":"FY21 ended June 30, 2021; weekend commuter rail service on all lines restored July 3, 2021 (MBTA notice June 14, 2021, not saved)","startDate":"2021-01-23","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["all MBTA riders"],"clause":"Today the MBTA\u0027s Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) approved a series of revised short-term service changes for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21)... These service changes help match service levels with current and near-term low ridership demand and are for FY21 only, which ends on June 30, 2021... the MBTA is accelerating adjustments so that new commuter rail and ferry schedules can be implemented in January and new bus and rapid transit schedules can be implemented in March.... the MBTA continues to only transport 330,000 trips on an average weekday, but operates the same high levels of service as it ran to serve 1.26 million daily trips prior to the [pandemic]","enforcement":"Operational","functions":["WF commuting workforce","CB customer access","TV"],"notes":"Records ridership at 330,000 weekday trips against 1.26 million pre-pandemic: the scale of the commerce the orders removed from Boston\u0027s transit system.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mbta.com/news/2020-12-14/mbta-control-board-approves-short-term-service-changes-match-current-low-ridership","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210126172758/https://www.mbta.com/news/2020-12-14/mbta-control-board-approves-short-term-service-changes-match-current-low-ridership","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":118706,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-094","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-094","citation":"MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB), FMCB approval of Forging Ahead short-term service reductions for FY21 (commuter rail and ferry from January 2021; bus and rapid transit from March 2021) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-094)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}