Overwhelming demand derails UMass Boston’s MBTA subsidy

"Due to the high demand, the funding for this program has been exhausted, and we are no longer able to offer the 50 percent discount for the fall 2019 semester," UMass Boston director of transportation services Chris Sweeney wrote in a Friday email to the university community. "The Office of Transportation Services will still offer an 11 percent MBTA semester pass discount for all students until September 6, 2019."