Word: transition
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Perini Corporation, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's (MBTA) contractor for tunnel construction, plans to dig an 80 by 40-ft, hole, known as a "haul shaft," at the corner of Garfield St. and Mass. Ave. Cambridge residents have turned long-standing complaints about this shaft into affidavits for the suit as part of its new focus...
...Sunday, a number of the final proposals deal with energy, this year's national high school debating topic. They urge deregulation, conservation, the development of alternative sources. One group calls for free mass transit on Election Day to reduce voter apathy (another of the kids' most frequently mentioned concerns). Others propose curbs on Government spending, mandatory youth service (in the military, Peace Corps or domestic civic programs), and research on the growth of bureaucracy. Groans Chris Falter of Columbia, S.C.: "All we need is another study of bureaucracy...
...arrived, the weather once again plagued Bilandic. It turned mild and sunny, and citizens turned out in near record numbers (57%) to vent their fury. Byrne won in 29 of the city's 50 wards, scoring most heavily in black neighborhoods whose residents blamed Bilandic for a transit authority decision to eliminate several passenger stops so as to serve outlying white areas better. Many residents were also angry at Bilandic's having outmaneuvered black Alderman Wilson Frost, the council's senior member, for the temporary appointment to succeed Daley...
...SEPTEMBER 1977, Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams announced that the Department of Transportation would encourage "good design, art and architecture in transportation facilities and services." Several months later, as part of this policy, the Urban Mass Transit Authority gave the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)--the folks who've been trying to extend the Red Line through Harvard Square--$125,000 to develop one of four national pilot projects...
...Cambridge Arts Council, on the other hand, says, "Rapid transit systems can no longer be considered only pass-through environments that rush people from one location to another...