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WHAT BEGAN AS A HAIL OF GUNFIRE NEAR A NEW York City subway continues as a war of words over police training and attitudes. Two white transit cops sprayed 21 shots at a man in a dispute they deemed dangerous -- only to find the man was a black plainclothes officer, Derwin Pannell. The white officers involved claim Pannell had his gun drawn (he was stopping a fare beater). He says his weapon was holstered and he was startled when his colleagues fired at him from point-blank range. Partially paralyzed, he is suing the city for $70 million...
Another common cry among frequent shuttle riders is that there should be more shuttles and more frequent service to heavy transit areas such as Currier and Memorial Hall...
...rest of us figure out what we could use. The late Congressman Ted Weiss's Defense Economic Adjustment Act shows how to go about it, as does the fine new book Dismantling the Cold War Economy, by Ann Markusen and Joel Yudken. The possibilities are endless: high-speed transit systems, waste-disposal technology, high-tech machinery that we now (like any Third World country) are forced to import...
...what was billed as Boston's "first truly underground music festival," WGBH and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority presented events including music, dancing, artistic shows and model train displays at 10 different Red Line T stops...
...reach the trail by rail. The Boston subway system, part of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) and called the T, is the oldest in the nation. And its four lines (red, green, blue and orange) will take you everywhere you need to go for just 85 cents a ride...