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Random musings from a Midwesterner in Beantown.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Phoenix on Transit developments 

The T: we love to hate it; we hate to take it; we take it everywhere. The nation’s first subway system has inspired songs ("The MTA Song" [Charlie on the MTA], "T DJ," and "Fuck the T"), Web sites (http://www.badtransit.com/, transportavenger.blogspot.com), and a general appreciation of functioning escalators. Over the next 10 years, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will present us with more to sing about, and more to gripe about — from operational changes in how we pay our fares and what kinds of trains we ride (See "More Cards and Cars"), to the completion of long-planned system-wide expansions that could increase daily MBTA ridership and help the struggling agency climb out of debt, while improving both our public health and our transit experiences.

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