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...prompted exhibitioners to show off such treasured relics as former University president John Thornton Kirkland’s original published writings and pamphlets, diary entries, and a copy of his resignation letter, as well as an inscribed first edition of 1899’s “The Rough Riders?? by Teddy Roosevelt, Class of 1880. For those with more modest budgets, one bookseller displayed moderately priced pop-up books. Whether looking to pick up a studious, studly intellectual, or just hoping to supplement your library of leather-bound books, Boston’s International Antiquarian Fair...
...deeply indebted MBTA for years. Likewise, it has hardly been a surprise that opposition to the fare change has sprung up across the city. Yet the virulence of this opposition is, in many ways, beyond what could have been expected. Groups and publications including The Phoenix and the T Riders?? Union have accused the MBTA of everything from price gouging to “transit racism.” To these knee-jerk protesters, I must either be crazy or on the MBTA’s payroll to support the MBTA’s new fare structure...
Moreover, the MBTA will essentially reward those who actually depend on the system by taxing those who are only occasional riders. Regular riders will be able to obtain and register reusable plastic CharlieCards at select retail locations, which will enable them to receive free transfers and lower fares. Occasional riders??such as tourists and most Harvard students—will have to purchase disposable paper CharlieTickets at subway and bus stations and will have to pay surcharges and an additional transfer fee. In other words, the MBTA fares are designed for working people who truly rely...
David Luberoff, the executive director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at the Kennedy School of Government, welcomed the change, but said that the MBTA also must to address other more pressing issues, like fixing escalators, if it wants to maintain its riders?? trust...
...higher fares will be spent on the construction of a new “Superstation” at the Fleet Center. The seeming message—that the MBTA does not care as much about its service for the poor as it does for its more comfortable riders??is hard to ignore...