Word: mta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hold 1000 cars and cost $5 million, compared to the Boston Common garage, which has a capacity of 1400 and cost $9.6 million. Although the MPA has not yet prepared plans for the Cambridge structure, Valenti said it might be connected by an underground passage to the Harvard Square MTA station...
Asseyev, formerly a professor of philosophy at the University of Leningrad attempted to jump onto the track in the Harvard Square MTA station at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. A man in his company told an MTA starter that Asseyev was about to jump, and a fare collector, Daniel J. Magoon, ran from his booth and stopped Asseyev three to five feet from the edge of the platform, an MTA official said last night...
After a struggle with Magoon, Asseyev was taken by police to Cambridge Hospital; he was later transferred to McLean Hospital, an institution for psychiatric care in Belmont. The MTA labelled as totally false yesterday's reports that Asseyev had been lying on the track when he was saved...
Road clearing proceeded rapidly throughout the day because of the normally light Sunday traffic. Railroads, bus lines, and the MTA were able to maintain full service, although frequent delays were reported. Logan Airport, however, was closed until early this morning. All forms of transportation were expected to be operating normally today...
...moratorium on all new highway construction, including the underpasses, until at least March, 1965. The bill would create a "Greater Boston Transportation Agency," whose duty it would be to draw up a balanced transportation plan for the city. The new agency would try to increase cooperation between the MTA and such highway-building groups as the Metropolitan District Commission and the Department of Public Works...