Word: mbta
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...Webster's dictionary, an alewife is a small North American fish, resembling a shad, or a woman who operates an ale house. In Massachusetts, however, Alewife is also the name of a parkway running through the western part of Somerville. That's where the Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority (MBTA) is going to extend the Red Line from Harvard Square by 1982 or 1983, if everything goes according to schedule. Lucky for the Class of '82, things won't be too bad in the Square until March or April, when the heavy construction is scheduled to begin. But just wait until...
Like any other big construction project, the subway extension promises to be a big mess--"five miserable years of it," as officials in the Harvard Planning Office predict. But Harvard has its own committee to coordinate plans with the MBTA, and even though most Harvard students won't be riding the RedLine to Alewife, this process will have a big effect on their lives...
...from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Full service will be resumed after that but it is adyisable not to use the laundry facilities in Matthews or Holworthy for the duration of the weekend. Canaday will have full service all day Saturday. This inconvenience is due to the MBTA extension and the relocation of the city water supply lines...
...MBTA bus driver who asked to remain unidentified said "I don't think the union thought it was going to win, but we had to at least voice our opinion. The process worked better because by 11 o'clock [Wednesday night]most of us knew that we weren't going to work...
Charles Williams, a spokesman for the MBTA, said last night, "We are delighted with the vote and are glad commuters will be able to get to Boston normally tomorrow...