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...FACTS OF THE CASE are simple, on the surface. The MBTA plans to extend the Red Line to the Alewife Brook Parkway by sometime in 1982. Originally, the MBTA wanted to extend the line through Cambridge to Rte. 128, and they commissioned an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for that proposal. The Red Line Alert, a coalition of three neighborhood groups, has filed suit in federal district court, charging that the MBTA violated three federal statutes by applying the old EIS to its new extension plans. The Cambridge City Council has voted to join this suit. Any delays in construction...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Squeaky Wheel on the Red Line | 11/17/1978 | See Source »

...driving north on Rte. 93 out of Boston, pushing the accelerator to the floor and trying not to lose the maroon Fairmont station wagon. There is a bumper sticker in the middle of the rear window of the Fairmont--"Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senate." In the car is Cecil Andrus, former governor of Idaho and current Secretary of the Interior, who has come to Massachusetts to endorse Tsongas. They have traded compliments about their concern for energy and the environment. Tsongas' driver is doing a steady 75. "As a member of the Select Ad-Hoc Committee on Energy, [Paul] introduced...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: 'It Doesn't Stop in the Living Room' | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...asking for a halt on construction of the line from Harvard Square to the Alewife Parkway, Cambridge's citizens may be cornering themselves. Even the staunchest opponents of the MBTA's current plans for extending the Red Line say they want the subway extended to Rte. 128, as originally planned...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: City, MBTA Square Off In Battle Over Red Line | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...citizens of Cambridge are waiting for the funds that will guarantee extension past Alewife to Rte. 128, then they must realistically wait about 20 years, Donald Graham, MBTA planning director, said earlier this week...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: City, MBTA Square Off In Battle Over Red Line | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

...junior-varsity team, Muncie is happiest when he can disappear into the California wilderness on cross-country skis or with a backpack. "I really enjoy getting away," he says. "Out there, no one can hassle you." Last winter he spent four grueling days climbing 3,500 ft. up snowbound Rte. 120 into Yosemite National Park. The purpose: three days of skiing in pristine Tuolumne Meadows. "No one had set foot in that snow," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Col's Improbable Hero | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

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