Word: sargents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sargent's proposals also included regional transportation agencies, similar to Boston's MBTA, for other regions within Massachusetts; additions to Boston's subway and streetcar system; and, more tentatively, a rail link between North Station and South Station...
Cambridge Mayor Barbara Ackerman said last night that Sargent's emphasis on mass transit was "just glorious," since "one road leads to another." She said that she favors extending the Red Line, or some alternate rapid transit route, from Harvard Square...
...Sargent's proposals also included provisions designed to discourage the use of private automobiles during rush-hours, such as prohibiting the construction of additional parking facilities in downtown Boston and at Logan Airport...
Enactment of Sargent's proposals will require the cooperation of the state legislature. State Senate President Kevin B. Harrington of Salem opposes a moratorium on highway building. House Speaker David Bartley has refused to comment on the proposal until he has had a chance to study...
Earlier plans for the development of Boston area transportation had called for the construction of expressways across Cambridge and Somerville out to Rte. 128. Sargent killed these plans in December...