Word: mta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Businessmen in the Harvard Square area are generally in favor of the University's proposed purchase of the MTA property on Boylston St., it was learned yesterday. No opposition was offered to the move from the 14 store owners and managers polled...
Traffic conditions in the Square, especially during rush hours, will improve with a proposed extension of the MTA, Thomas Lenthall, Cambridge public transportation expert, claimed last night...
Commuter parking and traffic through the Square will be reduced by making Harvard "just a stop along the way," Lenthall said. In addition, the car barns near the Charles River will become virtually useless, an MTA official disclosed, and the property will be sold. Last month the University offered to purchase the property for the ninth and tenth Houses...
...Mary B. Newman and Lawrence F. Feloney, state representatives, are sponsoring the bills with Lenthall. Legislative approval is required for extension of the transit system, while the cost of the new subway would be borne by the 14 cities and towns served by the MTA...
Similar expansion plans for the MTA were defeated several years ago since the 14 municipalities could not agree upon a method of finance and payment...