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Streetcar Systems- Massachusetts — Boston. The streetcar subway through Downtown is a fascinating blend of the historic and the new. The ornate entrance to the Copley Place station being a stand-out example of a restored original piece of infrastructure. Streetcars have been trundling through this subway for more than years. The Cleveland Circle branch runs within a landscaped street median. Other sections of the Green Line take on the appearance of a light Metro line.
A train of Breda cars outbound at the Reservoir stop. Boston continues to operate a fairly large trolley bus network. Until the late s, many residents in eastern Massachusetts considered public transit to be a supplementary mode of transportation. But in the 70s, a gas shortage, concerns over air quality, and urban congestion made the T more popular than ever, with more than , daily riders. By December , increased demand and funding shortages resulted in a 1-day shutdown.
To avoid future shutdowns, the legislature approved the expansion of the MBTA board from five to seven members, including the Secretary of Transportation. The Southwest Corridor Project demolished the elevated portion of the Orange Line —originally named the Washington Street Elevated — and relocated the affected stops.
After the construction of the Washington Street Elevated, Bostonians in the early s were thrilled to avoid street-level traffic. However, nearly a century passed and residents began to view the elevated Orange Line, which ran from present-day Chinatown to Forest Hills, as a noisy eyesore. In May , crews completed their demolition of the elevated Orange Line and riders celebrated the completion of nine new accessible Orange Line stations. In , a class-action lawsuit filed against the MBTA spurred a number of projects to vastly improve accessibility on the system.
In , the federal government passed the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA which required that public transportation be accessible. As a result, the system experienced a number of improvements — from several station renovations with new accessible vehicles to an expanded paratransit system.
Despite some early progress following the passage of the ADA, by the s, riders with disabilities still could not safely or reliably access critical MBTA services. In , a group of riders filed a class-action lawsuit against the MBTA. Four years later, the parties entered into the Daniels-Finegold et al.
Settlement Agreemen t. As a result of this settlement, sweeping changes to virtually every aspect of service improved accessibility and usability for all riders. A month after, the Massachusetts legislature established a permanent seven-member oversight board. Today, the MBTA is one of the largest public transit systems in the country, serving nearly cities and towns and over 1 million daily riders on the subway, bus, ferry, and commuter rail. Skip to main content green line. Home The History of the T.
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