Word: mta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those who are without private vehicular conveyance there is the MTA. Directions: Take the subway from Harvard Square to Washington St.; go upstairs and take the Forest Hills elevated to Eglaston Square. At Egleston take the Franklin Park bus to the scene of the race...
...this week's city council meeting, the MTA announced that it plans to replace its streetcars to Arlington with busses, which would run through the Square rather than under it, as now. Mayor Foley oppose this, saying that the MTA could well run all its vehicles under the Square and thus relieve surface congestion. Sullivan isn't too happy with the MTA, either...
Foley also chided the MTA for refusing to allow a parking garage to be built over its car barn at Boylston Street and Memorial Drive. Several city efforts to inaugurate such a proposal have collided with the MTA's insistence on keeping its parked streetcars radiant with sunshine or wet with rain rather than covered with parked automobiles...
...multiple story garage on the Brattle Square lot and utilization of all other available space in the area would also brighten the picture, while a 1500-2000 car garage over the MTA car barn would be a major step toward a long-range solution, Morton said...
...should be at a low ebb in its Registration Issue, when it wants most to impress prospective buyers. Small consolation though it may be to the new subscriber, the latest issue, with the single exception of John Ratte's fine cover portraying his conception of the bowels of the MTA, is below par. The editors have attempted to compensate for the dearth of material with a new art supplement, which is generally a good idea, albeit a third of the collection might well have been omitted...