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Bus is finally getting the respect it deserves

Bus is finally getting the respect it deserves

Collaboration, leadership yielding tremendous progress

By Laurel Paget-Seekins MBTA, Transportation 0 Comments Jul 2, 2021

A FEW YEARS AGO I started dating someone who joked that if she ever asked me to marry her it would have to be on the 111 bus because I talked about it so much. She knew I worked for the MBTA, and it didn’t take long for her to realize it was buses that(...)

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