Word: bus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Outside the station an elevated bus ramp, a lower level bus ramp, and a large parking lot filled with even more buses, wallowing off in all directions at once. 1-93 thunders right overhead. Mass confusion Large numbers of MBTA--employees standing around shouting advice to on one in particular. As of toady Sullivan Square is a major bus terminus. Every bus that stops draws a crowd of supplicants. Only a few confident enough to climb aboard. High school girls everywhere by the thousands. probably the main source of support for the MBTA. They look like they know where they...
...Bus No. 137 heaves into view. According to the Park Street map it goes to Oak Grove. Nothing to lose might as well go along for the ride. Pay now or later? (A peculiarly Bostonian dilemma, of course) Later...
Leaving the parking lot, the bus passes old Sullivan Square station. Large abandoned hulk in its final humiliation it might at least ever kept its dignity intact informality it powerless no digits to start with, Bus passes under the ancient, rusted treacle of the old Orange Line. Maybe the new Orange Line's a good idea after...
...Bus arrives Malden. Fairly unremarkable looking places, except for line at unemployment office that stretches around the block. The unemployed don't look the happy about it. The gleaming new Orange Line's not doing them much good...
Minnesota Shuttle. In the sprawling Minneapolis-St. Paul area, two major companies that are not conveniently served by mass transit have found a way to spare their employees the high cost of driving to work-and save the nation some gasoline. The firms have started their own bus services, using twelve-passenger minivans that usually go right to each worker's doorstep. General Mills, Inc. has bought 13 of the vans carrying some 150 workers daily, while 3M Co. has 65 vans that haul some 700 people. Regular workers moonlight as part-time chauffeurs; they get free rides collect...