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The MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board voted Monday to approve a plan to perform large-scale renovations on the region’s commuter rail system. This comes as one of the first steps in a project aimed at increasing public transit ridership and decreasing the number of people commuting by car each day, the Associated Press reports. The MBTA last month outlined six potential renovation plans in its Rail Vision study. The plans include elements like new electric locomotives, station renovations, additional track mileage, signal upgrades, and increases trip frequencies. The most expensive plan, estimated to cost $28.9 billion, featu
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