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!
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.
ImpressiveEffect8212 t1_iujabwp wrote
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!