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Raising Boston subway fares has always been an emotional affair. In 1948, a fare hike from ten to fifteen cents inspired one of the great folk songs of the 20th century, J. Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes' "The MTA Song." The ballad tells the story of a man named Charlie who rides "forever 'neath the streets of Boston," without a nickel to pay the subway's new exit fare. Walter O'Brien, a Boston politician, used the tale of the famous "man who never returned" in his 1948 mayoral campaign, promising to repeal the fare hike and "get Charlie...
Today, the MTA's successor, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), raises subway fares from 85 cents to one dollar. Even at a dollar the fare will remain one of the lowest in the nation, and the T's announcement of its first fare hike in almost a decade met only half-hearted protest from environmental and transportation advocacy groups...
...fare hike, which also affects bus, commuter rail and ferry passengers, will mean an extra $46 million in operating revenue annually, according to MBTA estimates. The Authority says the money will be spent on natural gas-powered buses, new bus routes and various other T projects...
That night they hike to Manhattan's East Side, where they gather a few spoonfuls of earth to unite with the earth back home. Using interlinked belts and a pot, they pull up a sample of East River water to bless. Manhattan thrums at their backs, and they say they can feel the strength of the river. "Sumac. Sumac. Sumac," says Don Martin. "Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful...
Each couple is given a dog and a small lunch and is instructed to hike up a nearby mountain of moderate difficulty. They are forbidden to speak to each other directly and must instead communicate through the dog, Blackie, a standard poodle. By attributing feelings to a poodle, many people (especially women) are freed from the guilt and responsibility of claiming emotions as their own. Many years' worth of complaints, injustices and dissatisfactions can be called to the surface through the use of a canine medium...