ImpressiveEffect8212 t1_iujabwp wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:22 PM

MBTA: Hey South End/Roxbury folks, we’re going to replace your elevated Orange Line with a nice streetcar a la Green Line.

MBTA: Actually, we’re going to give you Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Here’s the full list of reasons why (we promise, it has benefits beyond being cheaper).

MBTA: (Makes a shitty, unreliable bus that gets regularly delayed near Tufts and brands it as BRT when it’s not up to standard) Here you go!

Master_Dogs t1_iuk01oy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:24 PM

You can thank the Federal Transit Administration for that. The MBTA wanted to do a light rail like but the Fed's said "wtf bro you just built a rapid transit like half a mile awhile, fuck off, some other City needs this money". See Equal or Better: The Story of the Silver Line which tells the story really well.

EDIT: updated the video link.