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Article: Beantown's: as MBTA's FY 2005-2010 capital program takes shape, state-of-good repair projects top expansions 4:1.(Modernizing)(Massachusetts. Bay Transportation Authority)(Capital Investment Program)
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- Railway Age
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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From the Patriots' Super Bowl win to the Red Sox World Series triumph, Boston enjoyed a number of well-earned victories in 2004. Even though neighbor and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry lost the presidential race, the city successfully hosted the Democratic National Convention in July.
The most valuable player behind the scenes, carrying locals and fans quickly and safely to and from their homes, jobs, and festivities, was workhorse Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. "We had plenty of time to prepare," jokes MBTA General Manager Michael Mulhem of the Red Sox title, which was the team's first since 1918--just 21 years after MBTA opened the country's ...