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T reports continued surge in ridership

By Jaime Lutz

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  November 30, 2011

Public transit ridership in Boston continued to surge last month, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said today. In October, 1.348 million passenger trips were made on average every weekday, up 3.2 percent over the same period the year before, Acting MBTA General Manager Jonathan Davis said in a statement. October’s numbers fell just short of September’s, when an 1.349 million trips were made on average every weekday -- the highest monthly levels ever.

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