Word: mbta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since 1979, when construction on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) Red Line extension began in Harvard Square, students have been bothered by early morning noise and residents have complained of continual disruption of pedestrian and motor traffic...
...MBTA officials said yesterday, however, that there is good news for those who have been annoyed by the work: construction above ground in the Square is nearly completed and future work in building a new Harvard subway station will occur predominantly underground, reducing commotion generated by the work...
...Line extension project, which will add three new stations to the subway system in Porter Square, Davis Square, and Alewife, is expected to be completed on schedule in late 1984. That's about the same time that work in the Square will be finished, MBTA spokesmen said...
National security and military vigilance have an unquestionably vital importance, especially today. Taxpayers should know, however, the real cost of a $1.5 trillion defense buildup. A tradeoff exists: while fares on the MBTA have tripled in the last year, the entire MBTA budget ($60 million) equals less than the cost of three F/A-18 fighter planes (1366 are planned). In the end, political support for economic conversion does not amount to a choice of butter over guns. The question is of civilians demanding the right to participate in the decision of how many guns will replace their butter. In struggling...
...library was originally supposed to be built on the site of the Brattle Street MBTA Station, next to the present Kennedy School of Government on the site chosen by Kennedy when he visited Boston...