Word: transitions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Subways, buses, and commuter trains will operate as usual this week, but the state's embattled transit system remains in limbo, pending a ruling by Massachusett's highest court...
While the high court temporarily paved the way for continued mass transit service, a shutdown later this month is still possible. The key issue--whether the governor's emergency powers permit him to spend state money without a legal appropriation--remains unresolved...
Locke dismissed the effects of tax-cutting Propositon 2 1/2 on the state's hard-pressed cities. He told the municipalities, "You can't say that because the cities and towns can't hire, we can't. We're a transit authority. The same rules that apply to communities shouldn't apply...
King's attempt to collect $6 million from cities and towns for transit expenses during his December 1979 takeover is still being contested in the Massachusetts Supreme Court...
...streets on bicycles. "I was swept away," Koch said later, "by the thought of what could be." Traffic back home, of course, is a lot denser and meaner than in Peking, but for a time Koch thought that the vision might translate at least partly to New York. A transit strike there last spring swelled the ranks of the city's commuting bicyclists to nearly Chinese proportions. Like Toad of Toad Hall discovering the motorcar, Koch seemed to conceive a passion for the bike. As an expression of his enthusiasm, he spent $300,000 from the city...