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Assaults on MBTA drivers, other employees on the rise

05/02/2012 | By Travis Andersen | Boston Globe Assaults on MBTA bus drivers and other employees are on the rise, officials said today outside a T board meeting, and transit police are fighting back. Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the MBTA, said 24 bus drivers were spat on last year, and 12 spitting incidents have …

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Free rides on Green Line end, T hopes Back doors close to halt scofflaws

By Eric Moskowitz | Globe Staff | April 29, 2012 If it’s not rush hour and you’re waiting for the Green Line, get ready to come up front: All four branches of the trolley line will soon keep rear doors closed at most above-ground stops, cutting down on free rides as part of a broader …

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One man arrested for menacing MBTA bus driver; search continues for suspect who spat in driver’s face

By Globe Staff – April 26, 2012 An 18-year-old Roxbury man is facing charges he menaced an MBTA bus driver on April 18, while MBTA Transit Police continue to search for a second man who spat in the driver’s face during the same incident.

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