Word: line
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proposed line would extend the Orange Line from Charlestown to the Green Line at Lechmere, cut across the city to the Red Line at Kendall Square and turn across the river to Boston University...
...Normally you would expect a new transit line to reduce traffic," said Stephen H. Kaiser, an independent traffic engineer who has opposed the project. "But this would increase traffic because it serves as a stimulation for development...
Since the mid-1970s, most development has occurred in the areas served by the Red Line, which runs along Mass. Ave. But Rosenberg said the new route would not open up many new sites for commercial development...
...would not want the city to increase its development because of the circumferential line," said Rosenberg. "I don't see it as a tool for economic expansion. I see it as a tool for limiting traffic...
...Gomez-Ibarez, an expert in light-rail transit, said the new line would probably not ease the city's traffic problems...