[sustran] Re: Bus Rapid Transit in Boston

[Lake Sagaris]

Great story, Chris, just as we're trying to talk up streetcar possibilities 
for our neighborhoods in the centre of Santiago.

All best, Lake

At 12:13 PM 17/07/01 -0400, you wrote:
>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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>http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/197/metro/Trolleys_or_rapid_buses_Decision_near_in_JP+.shtml 
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