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Article: How MBTA rebuilt ridership. (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)
- Article from:
- Railway Age
- Article date:
- November 1, 1991
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A massive modernization program and service expansion rebuilt Boston's Commuter rail system into one of the most advanced in America-and ridership more than doubled.
In the great heyday of railroad commuting, the availability of economical and convenient commuter trains indeed made it possible for thousands of urban Americans to take up the pleasures of life in the suburban countryside.
Commuter rail services developed out of the growth of America's largest urban centers in the last half of the 19th century, and by the turn of the century railroad commuting between suburban homes and city workplaces had become a commonplace of urban life in such major ...