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Boston transit agency MBTA launches open-loop payments Thursday following long delays as the first phase of in its AFC 2.0 project.

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• Chart: MBTA–Fare contract negotiated three times

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• MBTA (Boston)
•MTA (New York)
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Boston’s Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority launched the first phase of its long-delayed, nearly-billion dollar, fare project, introducing open-loop payments to riders of the subway, buses and two trolley lines Thursday.

The launch came only two months after the MBTA board approved a major change order, in May, that

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