[sustran] Bus Rapid Transit in Boston

[Chris Zegras]

Interesting Story on the possibilities and challenges for BRT in Boston and 
other US cities.  Good case of South-North Tech transfer.

The following story appeared in The Globe Online:
Headline: Trolleys or 'rapid' buses: Decision near in JP
Date: 7/16/2001
Byline:
" The next front in a national transportation policy war hinges on a
stretch of rusty streetcar rails in Jamaica Plain - and a legal
technicality: Is it ''infeasible'' for the MBTA to restore trolley
service down narrow, congested Centre Street?"
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