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T wraps up hearings on cuts, vows to come up with plan

By Matt Rocheleau

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 13, 2012

Autumn McManus spoke last on Monday night during the final public hearing on proposed MBTA service cuts and fare hikes as the agency looks for ways to close a projected $161 million budget gap by next month’s deadline. The 24-year-old said he is used to waiting. Using a mix of T subway and commuter rail trains from his home in Brighton, he travels a total of four hours to his work as a cook in West Concord.

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