The Fascinating History of Boston's Subway System...

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Boston is one of the United States’ most interesting cities, with its colonial history, unique culture, and diverse population. Known primarily for its role in the American Revolution, Boston is a city of great historical significance. You may not know that Boston was the first U.S. city to have a subway system, a technological breakthrough that would have a lasting influence on U.S. mass transit. Today, the history behind Boston’s subway system, the engineers and politicians who made it happen, and how its creation and development helped revolutionize American public transport.

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[ThatIsInterestingTII]

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[WoodT]

Shout out to my ppl from Boston. We out here.

[stevenmichaelhachey]

As one myself, this video is bostonian approved
Also MBTA means Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

[ClarkEmbree]

8:54 It's actually the "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority"

[CityGeek]

I didn’t realize Boston was the first US city to get a subway system. Thanks for another great video!

[JMMRanMA]

Another very interesting video about my hometown. For viewers who are interested in urban design, the T, tunnels, etc., I would like to recommend National Geographic's "The Big Dig." Particularly relevant to this video are the segments about the difficulty of dealing with the Red Line, and the construction of the subway bus line from South Station to Logan Airport.
Thanks again for another wonderful video focusing on Massachusetts.

[rpk]

6:01 so weird how the Park St station on Tremont St pretty much looks the same today.

[davekimball]

That image of Park Street at 6:04 is amazing. To see it clean that like is something inconceivable these days.

[TMC_BC]

Boston’s system is quite interesting since it is quite a separated system. Hope you make a video about NYC’s Subway if you haven’t already!

[olof-palme]

Man! You are going places with this channel, absolutely fantastic. I would consider upgrading the microphone and look briefly into audio mastering of vocals. Keep at it, and thank you for all the content.

[bakert]

I went on the subway in Boston the summer of 2018. I loved it

[Madness]

I've ridden the T for over 35 years. Most frequently, The Red Line. Was always the best way into Downtown!

[Lambda_Ovine]

God, I get that it would be so expensive to revitalize the T into modernity... but it would be so worth it...

[williamhewitt]

I went on the commuter rail to South Station from Montello, couldn't find the subway to my destination so Boston is so compact of a city that I just walked to Prudential.

[shygalaxyyt]

Man, that is interesting! But for real it's nice to have more information on this city one of the places I want to go the most

[kanishajeffes]

😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌I'm born and raised in Boston massachusetts, originally from roxbury in Boston ma. I live in dorchester ma now, I literally seen old egleston 💦😂that's where I'm from in roxbury, egleston station when it git knocked down 🔻 it looked so bright 😎 we needed shades because due to the train tracks being above us instead of underground, u know we was one if them cities who had both going on and now we don't in roxbury no more but cambridge ma u can ride across the water and stuff so nice and relaxing when a train is not 🚫 crowded 😂this was good video

[sharbymj]

"The Race Underground" was a fantastic read! I read the book years ago and it spawned my trip to Boston. Rode a number of lines but ran out of time. Had to visit the site of the Cocoanut Grove Fire where my uncle perished. Boston's hills wore me out, but I had fun.

[Col_Crunch]

Fun fact about the MBTA's logo, it's pretty much the same as that of Stockholm and Oslo's metro systems. I couldn't find any source that indicated that it was influenced by either.

[catjudo]

Great video, but you never answered the most pressing question of all: Did Charlie ever get off of the MTA?

[plyfnisk]

kind of funny that the company (Cambridge seven) resposible for the "T"-sign design got it from Stockholm subway design, and now the redesign of the stockholm subway-sign is black just like the boston design x)))