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...urban ring shifts more people from cars to transit than any other project projections,” Rasmussen said...
...current transit system in the Greater Boston area is a radial system, with subway and commuter rail lines spreading out like spokes from hubs, such as Park Street and North Station. This idea of an urban ring would create transit lines running in a circle around the urban area...
...proposed urban ring transit system would start in East Boston and run around Chelsea and Everett to Sullivan Square in Charlestown, then go through North Point, East Cambridge, and Kendall Square and across the B.U. Bridge into Boston. The ring would continue through Fenway, the Longwood Medical Area (LMA) and Ruggles and end up in South Boston...
Members of the panel said the Boston area’s transit services are inadequate, with a need to reduce pressure on a subway system that is well-used and overcrowded...
Participants said urban ring transit would allow employers in the corridor to better recruit and retain employees, with better transit around the corridor also promoting development and creating jobs. The urban ring corridor is now home to 300,000 people and 350,000 jobs...