6 Managing a Recovery
Transportation
It was Snowmageddon—the ninety-plus inches of snow that smothered the metro Boston region in the winter of 2015 and knocked out the MBTA, the public transit system known as the T. Although it was the target of constant complaint, we all put up with the MBTA, which provided more than 1.2 million rides each day. When the agency announced a shutdown due to the snow, it delivered a gut punch to the community and the economy.
Many residents couldn’t get to work, doctor’s appointments, and essential services. The engines of our economy—the dozens of colleges and universities, the top-rated hospitals and research facilities, and the nationally known financial companies—closed or slow-walked their daily business, ...
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