Word: transit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harvard wants more of the MTA land in Cambridge than the MTA is willing to sell, William V. Ward, a trustee of the Transit Authority said last night. "A sale of land to the University would be no profit for the MTA," he explained, "unless we keep part of the Cambridge property for ourselves...
Among the numerous proposals before the legislature this year are suggestions for the extension of the rapid transit system serving the Boston metropolitan area. There can be little doubt today that some new facilities are needed if the city is to escape an asphalt death...
Service to Bedford would in effect, provide an alternative air terminal facility at the Air Force's Hanscom Field. In the event that Logan Airport is fogged in, liners are currently diverted to Hartford-Springfield, Nantucket, or even New York fields, and cannot use the nearby Bedford installation. Rapid transit along the Boston and Maine trackage would aid travellers by making a second jet-age facility available for commerical airliners...
Opponents of the extension have stressed its cost, already estimated at $20 million, and almost sure to go higher. But while the initial costs are great, the improvement will permit substitution of profitable rapid transit operations for deficit-producing bus and trolley routes--a very appealing argument since the MTA was $15 million in the red last year...
...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...