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MBTA encourages car ownership

By adamg on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 1:05pm

Spatch notes the absurdity that is Ernie Boch Jr. advertising on T-Radio:

... That's right. In addition to drowning out buskers and making South Station sound like a mall, the public transportation system in Boston is now telling you to go buy a car. ...

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By candide on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 1:36pm.

The T was doing a pretty good job encouraging car ownership before they introduced thier muzak.

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By Spatch on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 3:33pm.

Well played!

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By adamg on Mon, 10/22/2007 - 5:16pm.

Robert David Sullivan reports hearing Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young" blaring from loudspeakers at North Station:

... I was offended more by the banality of the music than by any moral message therein, but I ask Bill Donahue and the Catholic League: Doesn't this make you want to join the fight against the commercialization of public spaces? (But lay off the live subway musicians, please.)

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